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harbor

[hahr-ber] / ˈhɑr bər /






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Los Angeles City Charter Amendment PRT would affect the city’s departments of airports, harbor and water and power, which operate as self-funding businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Even in our longest relationships, we can still harbor assumptions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The big, green lady in the harbor and the melting pot and all that.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

A medieval rival to Venice and a financial capital of early modern Europe, this northwest Italian harbor city was a must-stop for 18th-century aristocrats on continental Europe’s Grand Tour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

I spend my days watching boats in the harbor to see if one of them might be able to take me somewhere, anywhere.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

More land led directly to more wealth and power as the country scooped up farmland, mineral resources and harbors.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

He recently put Claude AI to the test, posing as a healthy, single, 62-year-old woman with some savings who wants to retire at 65 but harbors longevity and inflation concerns.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

As for Donald himself, it seems he still harbors a desire to play 26 months after he retired at age 32 at the top of his mayhem-creating game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Over centuries, similar conceptions of alien harbors grew in the minds of mystics and scientists, sometimes leading to fatal clashes with dominant religious doctrines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Pointing to the map in Major Cooper’s arms, Wheeler described a more aggressive alternative: mine North Vietnamese harbors to block Soviet and Chinese ships bringing in military supplies.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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