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Recent Examples of pier
The boat crashed into a pier near a Logan Airport runway on May 13, 2026.
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Matt Schooley, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Over the weekend, an 88-year-old woman died after falling from a pier at Celebration Key.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Fishing boats sat docked along the pier, bouncing on top of the water like a row of jolly babies.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Operating since 1898, the pier at Old Orchard Beach hosts several bars and vendors, while the neighboring amusement park has rides, carnival games, an arcade, and weekly fireworks throughout the summer.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
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Matt Schooley, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Over the weekend, an 88-year-old woman died after falling from a pier at Celebration Key.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Fishing boats sat docked along the pier, bouncing on top of the water like a row of jolly babies.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Operating since 1898, the pier at Old Orchard Beach hosts several bars and vendors, while the neighboring amusement park has rides, carnival games, an arcade, and weekly fireworks throughout the summer.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pier
Noun
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Aside from a fishing dock, there are no permanent amenities, and a typical day may include reading, walking along the ocean's edge, enjoying the water, or relaxing.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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Located in midtown, the park boasts nearly 200 acres of green space, walking trails, recreational sport facilities and a lake with a fishing dock.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Noun
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And then this pilaster rising up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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Common features included grand arches, decorative molding and pilasters, which are vertical columns that project from walls.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In San Isidro, a movement was born Castillo and Otero grew up in San Isidro, a working class, hardscrabble neighborhood abutting the wharfs near the Port of Havana, and became friends – one a rapper, the other a visual artist.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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An official commissioner of confiscation seized his Philadelphia home and wharf, which were worth thousands of pounds, along with his land in Chester County.—
Kimberly Nath,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The library is a one-story brick building with two white pillars up front sticking out like tusks, smooth and thin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Laneda made Cornerstone Baptist Church another pillar of Jeffries’s upbringing.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Noun
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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.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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Waiting at the quay were water taxis for hotel guests.—
Vic O'Sullivan,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This is Part 3 in a series of columns about the viability of the American university system.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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This column wasn't built on proper English.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Reid gathered himself by leaning against the basket stanchion, flexing his jaw and taking in some deep breaths.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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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.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Pier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pier. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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