Thesaurus results for HAVENS

havens

noun

plural of haven

as in ports

a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships this picturesque cove is one of the most popular havens on all of the cape for weekend yachtsmen

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as in refuges

something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger the cross-country skiers hoped desperately to find a cave, as a haven from the blizzard

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Recent Examples of havens Once a stronghold of canneries and lumber mills, the town has numerous tumbledown Victorians that have long been havens for artists, brewers, and various eccentrics—along with fans of The Goonies, who make pilgrimages to see where the seminal movie was shot. —

David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026 An end to the war would ease concerns throughout a region that saw Gulf havens and travel hubs like the United Arab Emirates struck by Iranian missiles and drones. —

Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 May 2026 Independent bookstores are magical havens for the next generation of readers—fostering a community that goes beyond the pages. —

Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026 Iran, alongside Russia and China, has mastered sanctions evasion, using shadow fleets, alternative payment systems, and loosely regulated financial havens to move capital beyond Western oversight. —

Gaurav Srivastava, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026 One answer would be that the more savage the storm, the more urgent the need for safe havens. —

Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Some areas of San Diego County are already Dark Sky havens, including Borrego Springs and Julian, which are both official Dark Sky Communities. —

Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026 Safe havens, which would typically sell-off in a de-escalation, also found support. —

Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026 Both are retirement havens that have attracted residents from the Front Range with lower living costs, and in the case of Grand Junction, a more temperate climate. —

Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Trump and Vice President JD Vance both virtually signed the agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, end the US blockade on Iranian ports and start 60 days of nuclear negotiations, a US official said.

— Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
The market has continued to climb during the US-Iran war, helped by the fact that Oman’s ports lie outside the Strait of Hormuz, meaning its economy has been relatively insulated from the conflict.

— Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 15 June 2026