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as in port
a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships
the tanker stayed in Boston harbor three days to undergo repairs
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as in refuge
something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger
seeking a harbor from the drenching rain, we unfortunately chose a bank where a robbery was taking place
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as in to have
to keep in one's mind or heart
he had long harbored a grudge against his old employer, who had high-handedly fired him without cause
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
the woods in our suburb harbor deer, foxes, raccoons, and skunks
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Recent Examples of harbor
Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Hitchcock refers to a dark secret that Perkins harbors.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Brazil harbors roughly half of the world's remaining jaguar population, with many roaming the country's dense Amazon rainforest and surrounding wetlands.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
This ethos harks back to another era of resistance in the Los Angeles harbor.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Hitchcock refers to a dark secret that Perkins harbors.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
India has long accused Canada – home to one of the largest Sikh populations outside India – of harboring Sikh extremists.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Brazil harbors roughly half of the world's remaining jaguar population, with many roaming the country's dense Amazon rainforest and surrounding wetlands.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harbor
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While port finishing defines the bourbon produced by Louisville’s Angel’s Envy, there are also some notable examples in the rye category—among those are expressions from Baltimore’s Sagamore Spirit, Milam & Greene in Texas, Iowa’s Cedar Ridge distillery, and Hillrock Estate in upstate New York.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
10 Oct. 2025
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Further east along the maritime corridor are the busy Russian ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga, before the Gulf of Finland reaches its easternmost edge.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
10 Oct. 2025
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School was a refuge from his otherwise challenging life, the committee said.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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At the Nir Oz kibbutz, Ohad (Miki Leon), wife Batsheva (Rotem Sela) and three children are awoken by alarms and seek refuge in their home’s shelter room, which unfortunately has a broken door, forcing a predictable and harrowing outcome.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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James is one of them, though his kindly attempts to be there for Linda, as amateur repairman and reluctant babysitter, have a way of backfiring, usually on himself.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Although exact details have yet to be released, people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press that Hamas is expected to release all 20 surviving hostages this weekend, while Israeli forces begin withdrawing from most of Gaza.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Tang Wing, a collaboration with the architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle, will also house rotating special exhibitions, requiring blank canvases of sorts.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The team performed the measurements using the JYFLTRAP double-Penning trap, which is a world-class instrument housed in the university’s accelerator laboratory.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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The evacuees are now being sheltered in temporary tents as authorities assess structural safety and continue emergency response efforts.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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While Bob struggles to charge the low-tech phone that’ll connect him with the French 75, Sensei coordinates skateboarders as messengers and directs his relatives and employees to evacuate the dozens of migrants his family is sheltering to a nearby church.—
Robert Daniels,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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On April Fools’ Day in 1928, the Point Loma was towed out to an anchorage on the southern end of the Point Loma kelp beds.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Ceramides and 5% capixyl are the finishing touches for boosting overall hair anchorage at the follicle.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
26 Aug. 2025
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Best Travel Accessories Deals The right travel accessories can turn even the tightest seat into your own little sanctuary.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Equal Justice Initiative’s latest project, the Elevation Hotel, was designed as a sanctuary for visitors engaging with this difficult history.—
Kurt Streeter,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement An investigation led by the Guardian found in September that out of the 6,000 Palestinians from Gaza held by Israel since the Hamas terror attack two years ago, only one quarter were held on suspicion of militant links.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Second, ensure the whole executive team fully buys into the idea and holds others accountable for implementation.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Harbor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harbor. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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