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harbor

[hahr-ber] / ˈhɑr bər /






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Projected seawater levels at the harbor could hit 8.1 feet on Tuesday and 8 feet on Monday and Wednesday, the weather service office in Oxnard said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The ship dawdled for weeks, racking up bills, until a different harbor admitted it, according to the filings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Charter Amendment PRT would affect the city’s departments of airports, harbor and water and power, which operate as self-funding businesses that report to three different boards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The next morning, as soon as dawn breaks, Father Julien rushes to the harbor, anxious to continue his journey.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

But new research has revealed that this familiar element harbors an unexpectedly complex quantum landscape hidden within its electronic structure.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

Valentin harbors literary aspirations—we read excerpts of his unfinished memoir—but Mr. Bošković emphasizes the contrast between the power and “unequivocalness” of the state and the sensitivity of the artist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The city had one of the busiest harbors in the colonies, with merchant ships heading to the Caribbean and Europe and all corners of the world.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis


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