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Recent Examples of harborage The combination of food debris and moisture in these containers can provide safe harborage, says Benson. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024 Regularly clean debris in gutters that provide moisture and harborage. Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023 In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2020 In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2020 In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2020 In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2020 In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2020 In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 7 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harborage
Noun
  • Brilliant blue waves meet a sensational crescent of white sand at Salt Whistle Bay, one of the most stunning anchorages in the southeastern Caribbean.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
  • During the incident, Havel was delivering a notice that alerted offshore residents about his agency’s transition plan that aimed to clear the anchorage of derelict vessels.
    Cameron Macdonald, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Albert Schweitzer, meanwhile, transformed its Cholera Treatment Center into a refuge for those fleeing the violence and after helping Mirebalais’ doctors and nurses flee, provided meals and housing.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
  • And further, global investors may feel less inclined to automatically choose the U.S. as their refuge.
    Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Oceanside’s harbor has close to 1,000 recreational and commercial boat slips.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
  • If the safe harbors are not continued, there should be an alternative means for taxpayers to find the incremental cost, the association said.
    Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That someone ended up being Gary, who only shared his first name, a volunteer who paid a visit to the shelter back in October.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
  • If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Stay away from open fields, hill summits, or ridge tops.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Thursday’s strike hit the port of Ras Isa in Hodeida province, killing 74 people and wounding 171 others, according to the Houthi-run Health Ministry.
    Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Upon reaching New York ports, gaining citizenship was as simple as declaring allegiance to the now-defunct Tammany Hall, the centuries-long Democratic political machine.
    Mark Treyger, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The spectacular Drawing Room, which is a second-floor lobby and sanctuary looking out on the lake, feels like the ornate library of a gentleman’s club, with wooden columns, fireplaces, work tables, and reading nooks.
    Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Courtesy of The Edition The Miami Beach Edition is somehow both a sanctuary and a social haven: their spacious guest rooms are adorned in warm calming neutrals and pale woods, many with balconies that look over the ocean.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Crescent City retreat, about 70 miles north of Orlando, has a lake-side lodge, a clubhouse, more than 500 animals, an archery range, and sporting clays.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2025
  • By the time the main defending force arrives, the enemy is already crippled and in retreat.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Harborage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harborage. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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