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Recent Examples of home port
The Carnival Valor is currently based in New Orleans, according to Fox 10, but beginning May 15, 2027, the 3,000-person cruise will call Mobile its home port.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
The festival, which honors America's quarter-millennial anniversary, is part of a travel showcase where themed riverboats from seven cities come to Greater Cincinnati, sharing the food and music from their home port.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
The Carnival Celebration ship, which holds as many as 5,200 passengers, called PortMiami its home port, and sailed to the Eastern and Western Caribbean.
—Vinod Sreeharsha
september 22, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
The former is the familiar 1982 home port, complete with crunchy sound effects and very, very simple visuals.
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
The festival, which honors America's quarter-millennial anniversary, is part of a travel showcase where themed riverboats from seven cities come to Greater Cincinnati, sharing the food and music from their home port.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
The Carnival Celebration ship, which holds as many as 5,200 passengers, called PortMiami its home port, and sailed to the Eastern and Western Caribbean.
—Vinod Sreeharsha
september 22, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
The former is the familiar 1982 home port, complete with crunchy sound effects and very, very simple visuals.
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for home port
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Many of those exports affected are Mercedes-Benz SUVs manufactured in nearby Alabama that depart from the Port of Brunswick in Georgia, the nation’s busiest seaport for vehicle exports.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Trump ordered airstrikes on various Venezuelan sites, including the main military base, Fuerte Tiuna, the main airbase, La Carlota, El Volcán, a signal antenna site, and La Guaira Port, a seaport on the coast of the Caribbean, CBS News and the BBC reported, citing officials.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Three law enforcement experts told CNN the pattern of shots could be indicative of contagious fire, a term used to describe when an officer fires a weapon in response to the sound of another officer’s gunfire.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Designed to offer high-quality sound and upholstered with a robust textile skin, the WiiM Sound Lite features a 4-inch, long-throw woofer as well as a couple of 1-inch silk-dome tweeters.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Broward County Sheriff's Office later found his body inside his vehicle in a nearby canal.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Rainfall, irrigation and drainage can transport phosphorus – either dissolved in water or attached to eroded soil particles – into nearby canals, streams, rivers and lakes.—
Dinesh Phuyal,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Just two weeks ago, a coyote apparently swam across the bay to Alcatraz Island.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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The pair allegedly tried to use a tool to access the rear door of the EMS bay before being confronted by EMTs.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Toward Honshu’s southern tip, Japan’s largest island narrows, yet the landscape remains as dramatic as ever.—
James March,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Dec. 2025
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The backless style stands out with a distinctive curvaceous heel measuring 4.2 inches in back, and on the opposite end, the lustrous upper narrows into a classic pointed toe.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
25 Nov. 2025
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In fact, Singer Island was once the north end of Palm Beach, until dredging created an inlet that separates the two island.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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As waves and ocean currents carried sand from northern barrier islands over decades, the inlet shifted south, closing the breach between the two islands.—
Jack Prator,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
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Very cold air already in place will allow snow to accumulate quickly across the region, sticking to roads, bridges and untreated surfaces with little melting.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some North Texas roads may still be hazardous into Thursday morning’s commute, even after ice melting Wednesday, officials with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2026
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By contrast, the warmer, shallower coastal lagoons of Baja California provide relatively predator-free nursery grounds for their newborn calves.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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You’re met off the plane by staff who take you for a cold drink at the bar right by the lagoon.—
Antonia Quirke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Home port.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20port. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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