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port

[pawrt, pohrt] / pɔrt, poʊrt /


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It now means many large cruise ships can dock in the Granite City, but the port has still been affected by the fall in oil and gas activity.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

With shipping through Hormuz severely constrained, Saudi Arabia has been rerouting crude exports via its East-West pipeline to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Nearly three years after a catastrophic storm tore through eastern Libya's port city of Derna killing almost 4,000 people the city is getting back on its feet, but the trauma persists.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

In a letter to the mayor, Morales wrote, “You and I have a difference of opinion with respect to the purchase and sale transaction of the port fuel facility.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

As the Mary Rose turned, preparing to fire another salvo from her port side, she listed with her starboard side low in the water.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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