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roadstead

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as in port

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Recent Examples of roadstead Two light cruisers and the USS Utah lay off its starboard bow, and Battleship Row, the famed but vulnerable roadstead for the Navy’s mightiest, was on the other side of Ford Island. — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies. — Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020

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Noun

The Revolutionary Guard said a member of its naval forces was killed this morning in the port city of Bandar Mahshahr.

— Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Bushehr is home to port facilities and a civilian nuclear reactor, as well as an extensive military presence.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

Definition of port

Noun

The largest port in Europe stretches 24 strategic miles, from the historic flat-bottom barges in the city’s old inner harbor to the dunes and white windmills of the North Sea coast.

— Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026
Those wanting to be steps from the town's pulse should look to Hôtel de Paris, which is just a two-minute walk from the harbor and steps from the postcard-worthy Chanel storefront.

— Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026

Definition of harbor

Noun

Surrounded by pines and bay trees, this large freshwater lake is home to several species of fish, mussels, and snails found nowhere else in the world.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
Beside the wounded Appaloosa was a friendly bay roan, there to keep the Appaloosa calm.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of bay

Noun

Today, Crater Lake National Park boasts the deepest lake in the country, at 1,943 feet, and one of the cleanest too, as there are no inlets or outlets to allow for contamination.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 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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