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roadsteads

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plural of roadstead

as in roads

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Kyiv has accused Russian forces of mining nearby roads and using the remaining residents as human shields to prevent Ukraine’s army from conducting offensive operations in the town.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
Response teams are battling armed conflict, poor roads and violence from residents fueled by mistrust and misinformation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of roads

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Charging infrastructure at ports would supply the electricity needed for operation, allowing the concept to avoid direct carbon emissions while sailing.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Some of its ports have been used by visiting caargo ships and a docking port on its roof allows visiting vehicles to park there.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of ports

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Hedge-fund-rich Sang-woo has an air of cool privilege, while the gloomy, taciturn Ho-seok harbors unprocessed trauma about what happened during the strike, the details of which are judiciously doled out to us in flashbacks.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
From November 21, 2027 through March 20, 2028, Amangati will embark on 19 cruises, tracing the storied harbors and pristine archipelagos of the Antilles and heading to new waters in the Dominican Republic, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and the Grenadines.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of harbors

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The most direct routes to San Francisco and the East and South bays do not involve utilizing Highway 37.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The irony of Nordic wellness being the hottest lifestyle trend at the moment isn’t lost on Presnal, who grew up in the Turku archipelago surrounded by bays and lush forests.

— Lola Akinmade, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of bays

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In North Carolina alone, 11,000 miles (17,702 kilometers) of canals drain peatlands before the water empties into coastal estuaries, Richardson said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Rising Tide Explorers leads ecotours of the mangrove islands, estuaries, and marshes that surround Marco Island.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of estuaries

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Ponds, inlets, and outfalls that are not maintained do not perform as designed, and deferred maintenance is the most common reason a system that looks adequate on paper floods in practice.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
The September 2026 surge was highest where the water was directed into shallow bays and inlets.

— Brian Tang, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of inlets

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And for more than two heady years, music lovers within a mile or two of the Sunset Junction area could groove to the wildly eclectic sounds of KBLT, a pirate radio station that operated from 1995 to 1998.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
To focus on the sounds, the venue eschews screens — there are no TVs at the Stomping Ground, and Paquette declined to put in one of those screens that promotes the beer selection.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026

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