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Recent Examples of seaport
The seaport is a powerful, thriving economic engine.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
Women all around the seaport were getting contracts to stitch flags, and Ross surely wanted in.
—Marla Miller, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
From there, the series dials back to 1988 to the tiny seaport town of Grimsby, several hours north of London.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Visitors often arrive for the seaport and stay to shop, drawn by the compact walkability and distinctly New England character.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2026
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
Women all around the seaport were getting contracts to stitch flags, and Ross surely wanted in.
—Marla Miller, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
From there, the series dials back to 1988 to the tiny seaport town of Grimsby, several hours north of London.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Visitors often arrive for the seaport and stay to shop, drawn by the compact walkability and distinctly New England character.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaport
Noun
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Caimans are usually found in freshwater canals, lakes and ponds in South Florida and rarely exceed 5 feet in length.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Or that there’s a word for the way light bounces off the water in the canals?—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Fishermen carry fish from their boats to Playita Mia in Manta, which was the home port of two ships that sank in March.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Long Beach was the home port for that Navy destroyer.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Allen plays Roxie, a dying wife and mother who arrives in the trauma bay during the show’s second season.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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Vieques is known for quiet beaches, wild horses and the glow of Mosquito Bay, one of the world’s brightest bioluminescent bays.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
17 June 2026
Noun
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How does the fastest pitch ever thrown by a starter sound?—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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For 90 years, Baker's has stayed true to form, allowing musicians to showcase their talents while introducing audiences to new sounds.—
Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Noun
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The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, spanning 64,000 square miles of watershed, six states, 18 million people and centuries of history and culture tied to its health.—
Serena C. McIlwain,
Baltimore Sun,
8 June 2026
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In exchange, China could seek greater access to the estuary of the Tumen River, which forms part of the border between the two countries, and navigational rights in waters off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Trump said that the US military had escorted ships carrying 100 million barrels of oil through the strait, but that is just five days of normal throughput.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
11 June 2026
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Traffic through the strait, a key waterway for transporting oil, has slowed significantly since the start of the war.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Currently, the closest launch site to Port Canaveral is Blue Origin’s Launch Complex 36, located 5 miles north of the inlet.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
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The granite monolith of Stawamus Chief rises above Howe Sound, and its three summits also draw hikers for sweeping views across the inlet.—
Vivian Chung,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
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Sarbananda Sonowal, India’s minister of ports, shipping and waterways, said the three seafarers on the Settebello had been confirmed dead, with two bodies recovered so far.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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Over the past decade, Beijing transformed several reefs and outcroppings in the Spratly Islands into fortified artificial islands equipped with airfields, deep-water ports, radar systems and missile sites.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaport. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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