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Recent Examples of seaport
The maritime museum includes a historic seaport village with cobblestone, slate and gravel walkways that have to be shoveled by hand.
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ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
In Belfast, Maine, a chronicle of life across the historic seaport city, Wiseman presents a lengthy scene of a high-school English teacher extolling the virtues of Herman Melville to a classroom of students.
—Vikram Murthi, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
Later that evening, the BDX droids were spotted winding their way through an Italian restaurant in Boston’s seaport district, as diners took out their phones to snap pics and take videos.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
New Orleans formed a natural seaport.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
In Belfast, Maine, a chronicle of life across the historic seaport city, Wiseman presents a lengthy scene of a high-school English teacher extolling the virtues of Herman Melville to a classroom of students.
—Vikram Murthi, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
Later that evening, the BDX droids were spotted winding their way through an Italian restaurant in Boston’s seaport district, as diners took out their phones to snap pics and take videos.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
New Orleans formed a natural seaport.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaport
Noun
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Water quality in many canals and bays is worsening.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
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Her family scheduled their most ambitious sightseeing early, temples, canals, tuk-tuks, and a bustling flower market that held special meaning given her father’s career as a florist.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The crew of Burmese and Chinese sailors will sail back to home port in China.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2026
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This stop will assess what can be fixed immediately and what requires attention at its home port in Norfolk.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When a whale entered the bay, the entire community would respond by closing the barrier first, so the animal couldn’t escape.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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Just around the corner, the hotel’s compact fitness centre lures even the least fitness-enthusiastic guests, thanks to knockout treadmill views extending to the bay.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The experimental jet, part of NASA’s Quesst mission, is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound while producing only a soft sonic thump instead of a disruptive boom.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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For two years of war, Gaza's streets shook with the sound of deadly Israeli airstrikes.—
Anas Baba,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The team tethered the crustaceans to posts at varying times of the year and at varying depths of Maryland’s Rhode River, a tidal estuary in Chesapeake Bay.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
16 Mar. 2026
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In a new study, Daniel Petras, a biochemist at UC Riverside — together with 29 researchers from around the world — looked at 2,315 seawater samples collected from estuaries, coastal regions, coral reefs and the open ocean.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Obviously, if the strait were to remain closed and this wartime status quo persisted into the summer, even greater economic pain would be felt across the planet.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Moreover, Lipow wrote, from this point on energy markets will factor a future potential closure of the strait into the price of oil.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Historically, the Norwegians would capture whales in narrow inlets, according to Ancient Origins.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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The three boats were almost home, sailing the last few dozen miles before disappearing into Maine’s unchartable maze of inlets and bays.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The MacBook Neo has that same port, plus a 10Gbps USB Type-C port behind it.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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Saudi Arabia said its Samref refinery in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu was hit.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaport. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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