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harboring

VERB

hide, protect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accommodate conceal shelter suppress

STRONG

board bunk defend domicile entertain guard house lodge nurse nurture quarter relieve safeguard screen secrete secure shield withhold

WEAK

hold back provide refuge put up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

turn away

STRONG

disregard endanger forget harm hurt ignore injure lay bare lay open leave let go neglect open reveal uncover

WEAK

eject let out

VERB

hold in imagination

Synonyms

STRONGEST

believe cherish cling to maintain retain

STRONG

consider entertain foster hold imagine nurse nurture regard

WEAK

brood over

Antonyms

STRONG

abandon disbelieve disregard forget ignore neglect reject

WEAK

eject let out uncover

Example Sentences

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Khamenei made no mention of a strategic endeavor that had brought the Islamic Republic to war: Its nuclear program, suspected for decades of harboring military dimensions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Carreras accused the Navy of harboring a "culture of silence"

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

What better way to do so than to plan a beautiful road trip through some of the best fall scenery around, only to end in incredible towns harboring rather spooky histories of their own?

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

Mhanna, who was working as director of Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza during the first months of the war, said Israeli soldiers accused his hospital of harboring militants, which led to his detention in December 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

“Well, then, why can’t they protect us? It seems to me that, as innocent victims, guilty of nothing more than harboring a marked man, we ought to qualify for government protection!”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling