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  • Moored boats make the towpath safer and cleaner for the many people that use them.

    Letters: Tales from the Olympic towpath 2011

  • Moored behind the mansion is a 48-foot Sea Ray worth $775,000.

    Captain Repo 2009

  • Moored in Rabegh lay the NORTHBROOK, an Indian Marine ship.

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

  • Moored sailboats bobbed, wind snapping and pinging slack lines against the masts in an erratic tune.

    Strategic Engagement Mann, Catherine 2003

  • Moored before the esplanade of the Royal Yacht Squadron, they stretched into the distance, their varnished masts gleaming in the sunlight.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • Moored under the trees of Charleville Mall Father Conmee saw a turfbarge, a towhorse with pendent head, a bargeman with a hat of dirty straw seated amidships, smoking and staring at a branch of poplar above him.

    Ulysses 2003

  • And what you just heard right now, when the lines go over, they say "Moored, shift colors."

    CNN Transcript May 6, 2003 2003

  • Moored boats rocked peacefully in the quiet water downstream.

    Leave the Grave Green Deborah Crombie 1995

  • Moored to one side of the tree-lined riverbank was a small steamer.

    GHOST STORIES CAROLYN KEENE 1983

  • Moored near the Privateer was Charles Tatenor's massive yellow boat, the Can-decour.

    Salvage for the Saint Charteris, Leslie, 1907- 1983

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