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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
Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025
Denied a great harbor, like nearby Baltimore, in order to be built inland and sheltered from invasion — which didn’t even work — neither was Washington afforded a pleasant climate like the nearby foothills of the Blue Ridge.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In the film, Bledel starred as teenager Winnie Foster who meets Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson), a boy who is unlike anyone she’s ever met before but is harboring a major secret.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Carving an artificial harbor out of Alaska’s remote northwest coast would take just an instant, claimed the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1958.
—Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025
Denied a great harbor, like nearby Baltimore, in order to be built inland and sheltered from invasion — which didn’t even work — neither was Washington afforded a pleasant climate like the nearby foothills of the Blue Ridge.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
Wall Street glory was not always in the cards for Cardinale, who once harbored dreams of being a diplomat.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In the film, Bledel starred as teenager Winnie Foster who meets Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson), a boy who is unlike anyone she’s ever met before but is harboring a major secret.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harbor
Noun
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The plant would become the scene of one of the war’s longest and bloodiest battles as malnourished and outnumbered Ukrainian soldiers tried to stop the Russians from taking the strategic port city.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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Set in a windswept port city on Chile’s northern coast, the story follows Felipe, a privileged addict; Carla, a pregnant woman living on the streets; and Edo, a young windshield-washer dependent on base-paste cocaine.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Ukrainian community in Sacramento is a large one — more than 20,000 Ukrainians lived in Sacramento as of 2022, a number that has only grown since Russia’s invasion in February 2022 as hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge in the United States.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Whatever certainties had taken refuge in American minds, now would come time for their retirement.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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Twenty years later, Edward Buckles Jr. remembers Katrina − remembers at age 13 having his neighborhood swept away by the hurricane's raging waters, a defining moment of his life that would dislodge his family for a time from its New Orleans roots.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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By now, it can be said to have its own long history.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Louisville Metro Government has poured millions into combating the growing housing and homelessness crisis in the city, with $58 million projected to be spent on the downtown Community Care Campus, which will house a family emergency shelter, medical care spaces and behavioral health services.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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The South Texas Family Residential Center, one of the largest of its kind in the US, primarily houses migrant women and children.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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If the sky becomes threatening and thunder can be heard, find a safe place to shelter.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Students at the University of South Carolina, a public university located in the state's capital city of Columbia, were told to shelter in place shortly after 6:30 p.m. local time after an active shooter was reported near the school's library.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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Several small craft broken away from moorings, especially in unprotected anchorages.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Aug. 2025
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After completing a number of other voyages in support of the Korean and Vietnam wars and providing humanitarian assistance to India and Pakistan throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the ship was placed in permanent storage for nearly three decades at a military anchorage site in Suisun Bay.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
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Either way, this is about creating a sanctuary that truly reflects your needs.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Grace Chapel grew over time, starting a school adjacent to the church sanctuary and launching a satellite campus in Fairview, Tennessee.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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She could have been held there up to a year, but in January, she was considered stable enough for the case to resume.—
Cameron Knight,
The Enquirer,
21 Aug. 2025
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The district will also hold a community listening session from 6 to 7 p.m. Aug. 20 at Wales Elementary School, 219 N. Oak Crest Drive, Wales. Video from an Aug. 14 community listening session can be found at rb.gy/m7iy3s. Contact Alec Johnson at (262) 875-9469 or alec.johnson@jrn.com.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Harbor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harbor. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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