docks

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a group of these areas of water in a port and the buildings around them:

The strike has led to the cancellation of some ferry services and left hundreds of passengers stranded at the docks.

Freight is inevitably going to pile up at the docks.

Oil was being loaded onto tankers at the docks.

Sightings of rare seabirds at the local docks has increased massively in recent years.

Crowds gather at the docks to watch boats unload their catch.

He'd landed a job at the docks.