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port

[pawrt, pohrt] / pɔrt, poʊrt /


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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

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

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

"I never endorsed, nor did I ever have any information, nor did I ever have knowledge about something that I would have never tolerated," he told reporters in the port town of Tivat.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Elias Hasket Derby’s ships were going farther and farther from their home port.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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