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home port

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as in seaport

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Recent Examples of home port The Ford will be leaving the Middle East in the coming days and returning to its home port in Virginia in mid-May, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to detail sensitive military movements. — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026 Not only are there multiple home ports throughout the south to choose from, but there are also a handful of ships sailing from these ports. — Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026 Most of the ships serviced at the base have San Diego as their home port. — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026 The crew of Burmese and Chinese sailors will sail back to home port in China. — Npr Staff, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for home port

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Noun

Below the Rock was a seaport and an airstrip with regular military flights to London.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
As soon as this Sunday, a Long March 5 rocket will launch from a coastal seaport in China, carrying the Chang’e 7 lunar exploration mission, Ars reports.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of seaport

Noun

Warm water running over, the feel of the grains between my hands, the sound of it like stones running along the pavement.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Keith, who was widely respected as an architect of modern hip-hop, started making beats as a teenager and went on to create a signature sound adapted from legendary Southern groups such as Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of sound

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Nothing was mistaken at the inaugural Cartier Cinema Club dinner held at Venice’s Gritti Palace, where Chazelle’s La La Land was honored with dinner on the canal overlooking the Basilica della Salute.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 5 Sep. 2026
The road’s construction created a push for internal improvements in the early republic and opened the era of canal and road construction throughout the nation.

— Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of canal

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Just a few hours from the Arctic Ocean, the exercise helps the Miami native narrow his view to suit a world stunted by extreme cold.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Support remains positive among voters aged 30-44, but narrows, with 33% in support and 28% in opposition.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 24 June 2026

Definition of narrow

Noun

Jetties are long barriers often constructed of boulders or concrete at inlets or harbors to keep navigation channels open, while groins are shorter and often are built on open beaches to stop erosion and widen the sand area.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
The castle overlooks the Moray Firth, a large inlet of the North Sea.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of inlet

Noun

White flamingos and red-footed falcons floated above the lagoon, framed by a long strip of dune and beach.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
The two-week dredging effort, conducted by Southern California Edison, directly helps with water backing up into the lagoon and surrounding neighborhoods.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026

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