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harbor

noun as in place for storing boats in the water

noun as in place for seclusion

verb as in hold in imagination

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“If Charleston harbor needs improvement, let the commerce of Charleston bear the burden,” he said.

It is, Zelden said, “unthinkable” that Scalise would harbor these views.

Rights activists like Boledi, the Iranian Baluch dissident living in Sweden, harbor some of the same concerns.

I harbor a rock ‘n’ roll fantasy, just like anybody, and I welcomed the challenge.

He continued to harbor core conservative beliefs, but started to believe they could be achieved “through liberal structures.”

This he did, erecting at the harbor a beautiful cross bearing the arms of France.

Whenever he heard of one coming into harbor, he hastened to the shore, and closely watched the disembarking.

She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves.

Some time this summer we are going to get up a nice crowd and sail as far as Bar Harbor—maybe.

A crowd watched the ship towed, for safe-keeping, under the guns of the Romney in the harbor.

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On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to harbor, such as: dock, inlet, pier, port, road, and wharf.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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