portal
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As bleak, frightening and all-around life-ruining as the internet has proven itself to be, there was a time not long ago when the World Wide Web felt like a portal, not a black hole.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
But based on BBC Verify's access to the portal it appears to extend across most of the Middle East, including Iraq, Lebanon, Israel and Gaza.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
People can pay the IRS through its Direct Pay portal and indicate the money is for an extension.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
In the age of the transfer portal, top teams across college basketball have fortified their rosters with imports—but May, 49, took it to another level.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
At its center, the portal deepened to black, splintered by shocks of red lightning.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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