as in anchorage
a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships
the cruise ship stops at each port for one night only
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Recent Examples of port
Over centuries it has been destroyed and rebuilt many times, by invasions, natural disasters, civil war and most recently the devastating port explosion in 2020.
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Sarah Al Asmar, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
Separately, emergency crews in Oman are battling a fire at fuel storage tanks, after a social media video geolocated by CNN appeared to show an Iranian drone hitting a tank at the port.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Around 1 million barrels a day are exported from that port.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Salty air, slow tides, and centuries of coastal history define Georgia’s Golden Isles, a string of four barrier islands anchored by the mainland port city of Brunswick.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
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Sarah Al Asmar, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
Separately, emergency crews in Oman are battling a fire at fuel storage tanks, after a social media video geolocated by CNN appeared to show an Iranian drone hitting a tank at the port.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Around 1 million barrels a day are exported from that port.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Salty air, slow tides, and centuries of coastal history define Georgia’s Golden Isles, a string of four barrier islands anchored by the mainland port city of Brunswick.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for port
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Brilliant blue waves meet a sensational crescent of white sand at Salt Whistle Bay, one of the most stunning anchorages in the southeastern Caribbean.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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On Tuesday, these demonstrations escalated as participants blocked harbor pilot operations at the port, forcing a suspension of ship movements between the jetties and the port’s outer anchorage.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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Symptoms included vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps and fatigue within one to two days of consuming seafood from the harbor — consistent with norovirus infection, according to Whatcom County Health and Community Services.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Hundreds charged into the slightly-warmer-but-still-chilly Boston Harbor early Sunday afternoon, in an annual event raising funds to support programs along the harbor coast all summer long.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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The National Park Service hosts a campground and ferry dock on Santa Cruz, but more than three quarters of that island is owned by the global nonprofit Nature Conservancy, which is working to bring back the native ecosystem.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Two other people on the jet ski swam safely to a nearby dock.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Port.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/port. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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