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Recent Examples of seaportThe Port of Jebel Ali, which is located 20 miles south of Dubai and is the Middle East’s busiest seaport, had to briefly shutdown Sunday after being hit by missile debris related to Iran’s retaliatory strikes.—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2026 The port of Lewiston is America’s furthest-inland seaport, shuttling bulk commodities to and from the Pacific.—Mark Dee
march 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026 The maritime museum includes a historic seaport village with cobblestone, slate and gravel walkways that have to be shoveled by hand.—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 See All Example Sentences for seaport
During this time, alligators can become more active, especially near lakes, ponds, canals and other bodies of water.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
At the same time as Panama’s government is earning more money from the newly brisk business in the canal, its shipping industry is being confronted by the geopolitical struggle in the same way as those of other countries.
To keep mosquitos at bay, choose a barrel that is sealed around the downspout.
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Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
As a result, the wide, shallow bay, with its lacework of shoals and basins, grows hot and hypersaline, killing seagrass, fueling algae blooms and hurting the economy of the Keys.
Paller tried a similar experiment in 2009, this time using sound.
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Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Its abrasive, loud buzz is the sound of takeout arriving, dates buzzing up for the first sleepover and delivery drivers pressing a button and walking away without waiting for an answer.
But from June to August, a third enter the Churchill River estuary to feed, mate and give birth.
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Sarah Sekula,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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.
Plugging the metal end of the hose into the inlet engages the vacuum’s motor, turning the machine on; when the hose is unplugged, the system shuts itself off.
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Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
The lake below was green, opaque, and nestled into a hundred little inlets.
With its dense transportation network and proximity to major ports, New York has become a prime target.
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Chris Spear,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
That day, six medium-sized speedboats, belonging to drug traffickers or smugglers, had sought refuge from a storm among the breakwaters and docks of the port.