harbored

past tense of harbor

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of harbored And researchers haven't followed enough people who've harbored one of these infections long enough to know the outer limit. NPR, 24 Oct. 2025 Alison Oliver harbored the best comedic instincts in the show. Grace Byron, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025 Season 3 found Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) in a friends-to-lovers arc with neighbor Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), who’d harbored a crush on him for years. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2025 The art will encompass the stories of Black people who journeyed north to escape slavery and the early Westfield settlers who ran safehouses that harbored them during their travels. Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025 In 2005, shortly after arriving in orbit around the ringed planet, the joint NASA–European Space Agency (ESA) Cassini mission found clinching evidence that Enceladus harbored a liquid-water ocean beneath its bright-white icy crust—plumes of seawater spraying up from the moon’s south pole. Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025 Mae raised Burnett’s mother, Louise Creighton, in San Antonio, Texas, but Louise—who had a passion for the cinema, and a severe beauty reminiscent of Joan Crawford’s—harbored dreams of moving to Hollywood to become a columnist on celebrity culture. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 In between clips of the film subject’s standup sets, Dustin, who’s rarely seen without a drink or a cigarette, talks about his and his father’s bipolar depression, his struggle with alcohol and regrets he’s harbored throughout his life. Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025 The truth about Sonia Sonia, whose real name is Rocío, has harbored a long-standing obsession with Lorenzo dating back to her childhood that has never been reciprocated. Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harbored
Verb
  • The ones at the high-dollar games cited in the indictment could read cards and predict which player had the best hand.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The commission has had traps and game cameras in the area since shortly after the attack occurred, Stephens said in Thursday's news release.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The results of his project comprise the Heinz Gaube Lebanese Architectural Photographs Collection, housed at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) and available via JSTOR.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The wing traditionally served as the office of the First Lady, and previously housed a portico as well as a colonnade that led to the Executive Residence.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, other roles may be sheltered from the storm, particularly blue-collar jobs like dredge operators, bridge and lock tenders, water treatment plant operators, and rail-track layers.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Outdoors, choose a spot that’s sheltered from wind and receives morning sun.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The rapper, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024.
    Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • That means every state budget could be held hostage until the whims of a small fraction of legislators is satisfied.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The airline said passengers were accommodated on another aircraft to Los Angeles later that day and United is working with its team to return the plane to service.
    Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The trips are very short (one to two days), and my physical needs and limitations are respected and accommodated.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Castelion claims that its mission is rooted in the belief that freedom must be actively protected – through technological strength, strategic clarity, and national resolve.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Now the wetlands, woods, wildflower meadows and river views, which are managed and protected by River Fields conservancy, are open for the public to enjoy from dawn to dusk.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wirtz simply has to be retained after contributing two assists.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • It's been determined that coffee's bioactive properties are retained when caffeine is removed from the beans to make decaffeinated coffee.
    Katie Wilkinson, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fisher Phillips' $450,000 investigation found that the city didn't break any laws while handling allegations of harassment lodged against Cook.
    Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, the back window of the vehicle was shattered, and a bullet was lodged in the passenger side of the back bumper, the statement said.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Harbored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harbored. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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