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harbor

[hahr-ber] / ˈhɑr bər /






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Once they’ve reached their capacity of about 20,000 pounds, a boat hauls everything to the harbor and a crane scoops it out in nets.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The next month, she announced that she was leaving the safe harbor of Fox News for the open seas of NBC.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

In March, two cargos of jet fuel went to Europe from New York harbor, which Cinquegrana said it was a “very rare” occurrence that wouldn’t have made economic sense before the war.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Back during the 1989 pinniped invasion, South Enders briefly tried to reclaim the harbor around Pier 39.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Out beyond where the headlands of the Concha almost met to form the harbor there was a white line of breakers and the open sea.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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