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home port

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as in seaport

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Recent Examples of home port This stop will assess what can be fixed immediately and what requires attention at its home port in Norfolk. — Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026 Fishermen carry fish from their boats to Playita Mia in Manta, which was the home port of two ships that sank in March. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 The Ford will be leaving the Middle East in the coming days and returning to its home port in Virginia in mid-May, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to detail sensitive military movements. — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026 The arrival of the warships at their home ports will follow that of the embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8), which returned to their home bases at Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Air Station Oceana on Monday. — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for home port

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Noun

Haiti’s vulnerable ports As Haiti’s armed gangs have expanded and become more powerful, concerns about the security of the country’s seaports have grown.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
The incident did not the ability to safely use the seaport’s maritime facilities, or travel to or from the airport.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 May 2026

Definition of seaport

Noun

Every once in a while a crow calls, but there’s not much structure to it, with the sounds listlessly bouncing off the walls imposed by the five-minute runtimes instead of cohering into a rhythm.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
The dome includes small, colored balls inside, which make the popping sound when the child pushes the button at the top.

— Sari Hitchins, Parents, 6 July 2026

Definition of sound

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Public swimming has been available for years in a canal in northeastern Paris during summer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the museum offers a patriotic lens into how the canals, highways, railroads and mines that stitched this country together were built by machines born in American factories.

— Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of canal

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Surrounded by pines and bay trees, this large freshwater lake is home to several species of fish, mussels, and snails found nowhere else in the world.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
Beside the wounded Appaloosa was a friendly bay roan, there to keep the Appaloosa calm.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of bay

Noun

Today, Crater Lake National Park boasts the deepest lake in the country, at 1,943 feet, and one of the cleanest too, as there are no inlets or outlets to allow for contamination.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
Marine life concentrates most densely in the shallowest waters of this continental shelf, 100 feet deep or less, in reefs, lagoons, and coastal inlets where a person can swim and scuba dive without specialized gear.

— Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Definition of inlet

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Rodríguez denied those claims, saying some remote areas were difficult to reach because roads were blocked by landslides and debris, forcing authorities to rely on motorcycles, drones and satellite imagery.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
The roads can become extremely dangerous during this period because of fog, smoke, black ice and poor visibility.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of roads

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Cliff divers jump and twirl into a blue lagoon, puppeteers put on tableside shows and magicians make the rounds.

— Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Lastly, the city also serves as a gateway to Ria Formosa Natural Park, a sprawling network of coastal lagoons, barrier islands, and sandy beaches that showcases some of the country's most spectacular scenery.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026

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