port
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Growing up in Wenzhou, which transformed into an industrial port, Xiang witnessed this first-hand.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has DP World, the Middle East’s largest port operator, racing to reroute cargo around a bottleneck that once seemed improbable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Trade at the Port of Jebel Ali, the crown jewel of DP World’s global network, plummeted 90%, posing a challenge to Yuvraj Narayan, the new CEO of the Middle East’s largest port operator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
No traditional athletes' village has been built, as a cost-cutting measure, with participants instead staying in temporary container-style huts, hotels and the Costa Serena cruise ship moored in Nagoya port.
From Barron's
The ship they were particularly anxious to get quickly into port was the Aleksandrovsk, a freighter carrying twenty-four hydrogen bomb warheads for intermediate-range missiles, along with forty-four tactical nuclear warheads.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing port
American History I
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