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roadstead

noun

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as in port

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Recent Examples of roadstead Two light cruisers and the USS Utah lay off its starboard bow, and Battleship Row, the famed but vulnerable roadstead for the Navy’s mightiest, was on the other side of Ford Island. — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies. — Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020

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Locations included the port city of Essaouira and Aït Benhaddou, known for its earthen clay fortresses, in Morocco, Sicily’s Favignana and Castello di Santa Caterina, and Nestor’s Cave in Greece for the Cyclops sequence.

— Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Ukraine reportedly halted attacks on a Russian port after a request from US Vice President JD Vance.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of port

Noun

The location is incredible, just in the middle of the harbor, and the setting is so elegant and authentic, with amazing old sailboat models.

— Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Saturday’s tour was for 13 passengers for a trip around the harbor near the Statue of Liberty, arranged through the tour operator for $1,800, the complaint said.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of harbor

Noun

The Monochrome cruise missile is based on the S-71 Kovyor and is designed for carriage inside the weapons bays of the Su-57 fighter jet and S-70 Okhotnik drone.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
The changes include channelizing the bay in some places and transforming it into dunes and marshland in others.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of bay

Noun

Peter’s family boarded the vessel for an eight-mile trip down the estuary to the George III Hotel when the tide pushed it into a bridge and sent all 42 passengers into the water, the outlet reported.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
In May and June, more than 250 species of Arctic birds nest or pass over the Churchill River estuary.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026

Definition of estuary

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