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harbor

[hahr-ber] / ˈhɑr bər /






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He stayed in a West Cliff guest house, gazing, as everyone must do, across the harbor where the remains of the 13th century Whitby Abbey dominate the East Cliff.

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

A long shot of a ship in harbor, and the unwitting glee with which the inhabitants of 1520s Cebu run to the beach to welcome the sailors, needs no words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

And the buildings and docks were crumbling apart and sliding into the harbor.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis




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