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port

[pawrt, pohrt] / pɔrt, poʊrt /


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A fire also raged after a drone attack on the strategically important port and industrial zone at Fujairah, one of the largest oil storage facilities in the region.

From BBC

The Libyan port authority said the ship was hit by "sudden explosions followed by a massive fire, which ultimately led to its complete sinking" north of the port of Sirte.

From Barron's

Defense lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, an outsider from the port city of Barranquilla who uses fierce rhetoric when talking about illegal armed groups, has promised to trim the size of the government by 40%.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investigative reporting has also identified Iranian cargo ships leaving Chinese ports associated with the export of rocket-fuel chemicals.

From The Wall Street Journal

AFP journalists heard blasts in Bahrain's capital Manama, and saw black smoke belching from a major oil terminal in the United Arab Emirates port city of Fujairah.

From Barron's