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How to use stevedores in a sentence

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One track over, stevedores load another standard gauge car at the public team tracks.
Fung said that among those claiming priority over other creditors were fuel suppliers, the previous charterers, ship chandlers and stevedores.
The group represents importers, exporters, stevedores and ship owners throughout Australia and overseas using Geraldton port.
The boys ducked past Mr. Thomas as he roared orders to the stevedores on the dock below.
Gold was vital to a city like New York, where stevedores daily handled huge amounts of cargo at its many docks, wharves and piers.
The boy hurried after him, dodging through the crowd of stevedores and sailors swarming the dock.
On the dock, a crew of stevedores maneuvered massive barrels and sacks into the hold through a small port.
Ropes were cast off and stevedores moved in with bargepoles to keep the hull clear of the wharf.
Consequently, a certain degree of trust had developed between the ship's crew and the stevedores.
As a precaution, the two stevedores in the vicinity of the explosion were examined by a physician for potential loss of hearing.
The stevedores discharged the extinguishers onto the flames, but were unable to bring the fire under control.
The first response was fast because both the stevedores and the crew members advised the resource persons.
Du Bois discovered that the vast majority of black American soldiers were relegated to menial labor as stevedores and laborers.
The superintendent of the stevedores was affected by the smoke, but he managed to reach the main deck by himself.
Canary Wharf was where produce from the Canary Islands was unloaded by stevedores in the Victorian era.
Immediately following the occurrence, other stevedores entered the hoistway to assist the injured.
The vessel was moored alongside at Grande-Anse, Quebec, and the stevedores were loading medium-density fibreboard packaged in bundles.
The crew and the stevedores initially used extinguishers and then fire hoses with jet nozzles.
An able seaman on the 'tween-deck signalled to the stevedores any damaged bundles requiring makeshift repairs, and noted the work done.
Like the Ear Inn, this one-time Hell's Kitchen saloon was on the waterfront when it opened in 1868 to serve the local Irish stevedores and visiting seamen from the world over.
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Most of the stevedores were hatless, and Chris snickered at the sight of the short braid of hair at the napes of their necks.
They had a gang of stevedores working there clock-like, as those fellows work around the big tents of a three-ring circus.
The stevedores have invested in new cranes and automation and today have more productive workforces.
Up the gangway were trooping the customs officers, the surveyor, the agent's clerk, and the stevedores.
They are like stevedores, stowing the cargo for portability.
Sometimes a mail steamer would come in, and Captain Nichols, having scraped acquaintance with the timekeeper, would succeed in getting the pair of them a job as stevedores.
Solent Stevedores has been responsible for ensuring that its customer's products are moved swiftly and efficiently from warehouse to ship container holds.
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