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home ports

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plural of home port

as in seaports

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There are also thunderclaps, which are loud, explosive sounds of thunder that can accompany an extremely close lightning strike.

— Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
As strange as this sounds, superposition has been repeatedly confirmed in laboratory experiments.

— Aldo Romero, The Conversation, 15 July 2026

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When the United States signed the MOU with Iran just a few weeks ago, there was one item, just one thing, that the Iranians had to fulfill, and that was keeping the straits open.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 July 2026
But while tech giants like Apple and Microsoft, which both announced price hikes this week, have a hefty cash cushion, supply chain leverage and customers numbering in the millions or billions, a much wider swath of businesses face potentially dire straits.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 June 2026

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In parts of Uvalde County, muddy floodwaters covered roads and fields and rose nearly as high as houses' rooftops, according to a video posted by Texas Department of Public Safety.

— Bill Chappell, NPR, 16 July 2026
Bulldozers shuffled right through the rubble to make roads that cut Gaza into separate sections.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

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To accommodate setbacks and height restrictions, the house rises four stories, with bays and recesses that break up the massing so the house doesn’t loom over its neighbors.

— Fred Albert, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
While initial trials proved highly precise, researchers must now test the system across a wider range of marine environments, from murky Atlantic channels to deep Pacific bays.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

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Lastly, the city also serves as a gateway to Ria Formosa Natural Park, a sprawling network of coastal lagoons, barrier islands, and sandy beaches that showcases some of the country's most spectacular scenery.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
Marine life concentrates most densely in the shallowest waters of this continental shelf, 100 feet deep or less, in reefs, lagoons, and coastal inlets where a person can swim and scuba dive without specialized gear.

— Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

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