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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

The United Arab Emirates, which left the oil-exporters group at the end of April, has rerouted some of its oil exports via a pipeline to Fujairah, a port city outside the Hormuz strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 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

One drone operated by Ukraine exploded in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Germany’s High Seas Fleet had been bottled up in port for nearly two years, unwilling to venture out and engage the British Grand Fleet, which was poised and waiting in the north of Scotland.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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