porthole
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He was a 25-year-old tinkering with self-tanners, but all the intrigue and action seemed to be around the lab next door, with its strange music, flashing lights and tinfoil covering the porthole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
The scan shows new close-up details, including a porthole that was most likely smashed by the iceberg.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
The futuristic tower was composed of 140 detachable capsules, each suitable for a single resident and with a porthole looking out — like a pile of eyes fixed on the city.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Here’s the pitch: We zoom in on an AI-generated deepfake of Iron Eyes Cody inside the International Space Station, staring through a porthole window at the Earth and its swirling trash-belt.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2023
Renata looked out the porthole and saw something strange.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
Vocabulary lists containing porthole
"Rogue Wave," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Rogue Wave" by Theodore Taylor
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