make port

Example Sentences

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For reasons that remain unknown, it was still trying to make port in Sri Lanka as late as last Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The ships also are expected possibly to make port calls in Venezuela and Cuba, as Russia establishes a Western Hemisphere military presence that the senior Biden administration officials said was notable but not concerning.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

The cruises will instead make port stops in cities like Trieste, Italy instead of Israel, according to the email sent by Oceania Cruises, which is owned by Norwegian.

From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2023

In the early 1800s, fleets of American whaling ships began to make port in Lahaina, reshaping the economy as sailors flooded the town.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2023

As the weather was bad, it was was necessary for me to make port at Ybalon, where I was forced to remain several days, because of contrary winds.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 1593-1597 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander