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roadsteads

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plural of roadstead

as in roads

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San Jose argues there's no reasonable expectation of privacy on public roads, pointing to a California appeals court decision that allowed police to access traffic camera footage of a murder suspect without a warrant.

— Maddie White, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
The remaining space is reserved for buildings, roads, and other infrastructure.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of roads

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Seawater near ports, shipping routes, and industrial areas is often contaminated with oil, which can clog desalination membranes and reduce their performance.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
If your Mediterranean travel dreams mean hopping between postcard-perfect ports aboard a private yacht—without sacrificing luxury hotel comforts—Emerald Sakara just may be your answer.

— Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of ports

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Success, no matter how stupendous, harbors within it the seed of potential failure if taken for granted and not built upon.

— Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
After identifying the genomic safe harbors, the researchers applied short bursts of electricity to those eggs.

— Jay Kakade August 05, Refractor, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of harbors

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Completing the estate is an attached three-car garage, with one of the bays equipped with a custom security station.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026
Officials have also reviewed currents, tides, wind conditions and possible drift patterns, and checked local beaches, bays, inlets and other coastal areas.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of bays

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Nicknamed the Emerald Coast, this land has miles of golden-sand beach on one side, mangrove estuaries, evergreen rainforest, and Sierra Madre mountains on the other.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
Among the dishes is blue crab plucked from the water tableside, then served rillette-style using fat from the restaurant’s estuaries.

— Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 June 2026

Definition of estuaries

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Officials have also reviewed currents, tides, wind conditions and possible drift patterns, and checked local beaches, bays, inlets and other coastal areas.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Its shallow draft allows access to narrow inlets and wildlife-rich fjords beyond the reach of larger ships.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of inlets

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Downtown San Jose will be filled with the sounds of jazz, blues, salsa and more all weekend long.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
The plan is to then gradually introduce louder sounds, Coen added, to discover the level at which a sonic boom noise goes from being acceptable to unacceptable.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

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