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port

[pawrt, pohrt] / pɔrt, poʊrt /


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Ship tracking data shows Settebello has sailed from the Gulf to the Chinese port cities of Zhoushan and Lianyungang over the past six months.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

He said: "This was a return from port where the boat was being serviced in Holland. It was not a fishing trip."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 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

This was all the information Mr. Billington could give me, so I went down to the port and saw the coastguards, the Customs officers and the harbour-master.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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