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Noun
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Orlando’s annual Corporate 5K race returns to Lake Eola Park on Thursday, closing several roads in the city’s downtown.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026 -
In the spring, all is awash with green and swooped by swallows, and the many roads and hiking trails are beautifully edged with flowers.—
Helen Brown,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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The world’s largest container shipping firm by tonnage carried will operate a trucking service from King Abdullah to Dammam Port, where feeder vessels will pick up cargo and sail it to major ports throughout the Persian Gulf.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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Parker was careful not to equate operations in the strait with the blockade of Iranian ports the US has been maintaining since April 13.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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Cargo that would have moved through Dubai’s Jebel Ali — the Middle East’s most connected container port, which is now largely cut off from global freighters — is now entering through smaller harbors in Fujairah and Oman, then moving overland.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Itineraries include Alaska, the Mediterranean, Croatia’s secluded harbors and Asia-Pacific.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The two-story facility includes new truck storage, maintenance bays, a salt-storage shed, and a fuel island.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
29 Apr. 2026
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Wineries, orchards, and gourmet eats dot the area around Traverse City’s lakes and bays.—
Sarah Miller,
Midwest Living,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Constructing protective structures such as levees and dikes can help, as can preserving natural landscapes, such as wetlands and estuaries that can act as a natural sponge to absorb floodwaters, in and near the cities, Shao and her colleagues wrote.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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Whether white shrimp from estuaries, or pink, brown, and Royal Red shrimp from the bay, or fin fish beyond Dauphin Island found in the deeper waters of the Gulf, seafood is woven into Mobile’s signature recipes.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The lake below was green, opaque, and nestled into a hundred little inlets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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Another stealth feature is the dorsal air inlets on the upper surface of the fuselage.—
David Szondy
April 21,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The structure brings visitors below ground, from lightness to darkness, with sounds slowly dissipating.—
Solvej Schou,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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In lieu of keyboards clicking, the sounds of chattering and forks scraping plates fill the space.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 May 2026
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“Roadsteads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadsteads. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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