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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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Securing access to Haiti’s main airport and seaport, restoring links to the south, expanding voter registration and building trauma centers for police are cast as urgent tests for international resolve.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Chang’e 7 is coming 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.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of seaport

Noun

The 1,300 residents of Kandersteg, in Switzerland’s Bern canton, live amid a quintessential Alpine landscape of sharp peaks, white glaciers, steep green valleys and the distant sound of cowbells.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
For people living and working along the eastern edge of Greeley, the sound of trains is a familiar part of everyday life.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of sound

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As Jan races north along the canals, his unwanted passengers force him to confront a reality far removed from his own and to see life from a new perspective.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Analysts said the rise in transit prices is also related to the intensification of El Niño conditions this year and lower water levels in the canal.

— , CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of canal

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Snakes are ectothermic and rely on outside heat to regulate their body temperature, so a dark, warm engine bay makes an appealing shelter — and offers plenty of nooks to hide from predators.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
The Monochrome cruise missile is based on the S-71 Kovyor and is designed for carriage inside the weapons bays of the Su-57 fighter jet and S-70 Okhotnik drone.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026

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