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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

"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

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

Also on Friday, a sea drone exploded in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

When the land next to Jenkins Creek was sold, he had to leave the bayou and sail the Lady Gin farther south, looking for another port.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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