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port

[pawrt, pohrt] / pɔrt, poʊrt /


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Then they decided to try a bus from Tapachula to a bus station near a port of entry.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Ministers and envoys gathered in the coal port of Santa Marta in the hope of speeding the shift away from planet-heating fossil fuels and breaking a stalemate at the UN climate talks.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

For decades, ambitions of expanding the Port of Churchill have fallen short — derailed, locals argue, under years of poor management as experts openly questioned whether an Arctic port makes good economic sense.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

That attack came 24 hours after a major Russian oil refinery in the Black Sea port of Tuapse was hit for the third time this month.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Once we come closer to the port, seagulls flying above us, flapping their wings, we notice the huge numbers of homeless outcasts like ourselves.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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