harbor
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“I’ve had multiple phone calls from harbor masters and fire chiefs in Southern California over the past week, saying, ‘Why is the harbor flooding?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Even in our longest relationships, we can still harbor assumptions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The team, who participated in an OpenAI bug-hunting program that offers a safe harbor for researchers to attempt to break into corporate systems, quickly reported their findings to the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The big, green lady in the harbor and the melting pot and all that.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Rio's harbor, considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World like the Grand Canyon—was a breathtaking sight to behold.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
More land led directly to more wealth and power as the country scooped up farmland, mineral resources and harbors.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
River otters are not to be confused with sea otters, which live in the ocean, bays and harbors and can grow to be up to five feet and 100 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
But new research has revealed that this familiar element harbors an unexpectedly complex quantum landscape hidden within its electronic structure.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Valentin harbors literary aspirations—we read excerpts of his unfinished memoir—but Mr. Bošković emphasizes the contrast between the power and “unequivocalness” of the state and the sensitivity of the artist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Now surely, since Africa harbors 1,500 languages today, it is big enough to have harbored more than four ancestral languages thousands of years ago.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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