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harbor

[hahr-ber] / ˈhɑr bər /






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On the west side, the street along the harbor is chockablock with venues catering to tourists and daytrippers come to enjoy the pier and small beaches.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The next month, she announced that she was leaving the safe harbor of Fox News for the open seas of NBC.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

In March, two cargos of jet fuel went to Europe from New York harbor, which Cinquegrana said it was a “very rare” occurrence that wouldn’t have made economic sense before the war.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Back during the 1989 pinniped invasion, South Enders briefly tried to reclaim the harbor around Pier 39.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

So we packed up and moved the 358 miles east to the Hampton Roads area, the largest ice-free harbor in the United States and home to some of the nation’s most important military installations.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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