portside

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It’s one of several portside communities known by some as a “diesel death zone,” where residents are more likely to die from cancer than just about anywhere else in the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Among items retrieved and lifted with air bags were the ship's lookout bell, a portside navigation lamp, binoculars, ceramic tiles from Turkish baths, and equipment from first- and second-class cabins.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

Beautiful crab legs are cooked right out front of their portside location, where you’ll inevitably be greeted by a long line of people eager to feast.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025

Petrucelli: The starboard side of deck one would go and then the portside of deck one would go, all the way up to the seventh deck.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2020

The former slid her starboard oars out of the way before impact, but Sceptre's portside oars snapped like so much kindling as Kingslander raked along her side.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin