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Recent Examples of pier
Her trip took two weeks and covered the full 2,400 miles, with stops in Branson, Missouri, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Flagstaff, Arizona, before ending at the Santa Monica pier.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2026
Chef Ángel León serves half the menu outside on a pier so diners can soak in the sunsets and surrounding marshland.
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Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 June 2026
The 63-acre park borders the Indian River Lagoon and has a beach, interactive play fountain, 780-foot fishing pier, landscaped gardens, open grass fields, and more.
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Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
28 June 2026
On the west side, the street along the harbor is chockablock with venues catering to tourists and daytrippers come to enjoy the pier and small beaches.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 2026
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2026
Chef Ángel León serves half the menu outside on a pier so diners can soak in the sunsets and surrounding marshland.
—
Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 June 2026
The 63-acre park borders the Indian River Lagoon and has a beach, interactive play fountain, 780-foot fishing pier, landscaped gardens, open grass fields, and more.
—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
28 June 2026
On the west side, the street along the harbor is chockablock with venues catering to tourists and daytrippers come to enjoy the pier and small beaches.
—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pier
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Whistling and cheering, crowds gathered on the concrete dock below.
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The morgue that serves La Guaira is makeshift—a white tent on a dock lined with body bags and coffins.
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Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.
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And then this pilaster rising up.
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Vanuatu has received large loans and aid from China for buildings, wharves and other infrastructure.
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The father wanted nets and the smell of the wharf.
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The only way to preserve our republic is to strengthen the pillars of our present with the mortar of our past.
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These clips, showing first-person views from drones striking military and logistical sites, have become a pillar of Ukraine’s wartime propaganda efforts to illustrate battlefield successes against Russia.
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And, the river quay at sunset was the perfect location for Officine Générale.
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Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.
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Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and wrote the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.
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United is a staple of the gossip column and so supporters must take any reporting about transfer targets linked to their club with a pinch of salt.
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The image of Brooking’s shot lodged in the stanchion, and Moore’s delighted commentary, have never left me.
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For example, the deck stanchions had to be reinforced to withstand the moments from a 24 m-tall cylinder in heavy wind.
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“Pier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pier. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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