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The shooting happened at 6:20 a.m. Thursday, March 6, at a home in the Houston suburb of La Porte, KTRK reported.—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025 This free seminar will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Pine Lake Conference Room at Northwest Health – La Porte, 1331 State St., La Porte.—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025 Located in the 15th arrondissement and next to the Porte de Versailles Metro Station, the wine and spirits event has the advantage of associating with a city that is a vibrant international cultural center with ample restaurants and accommodation within a reasonable distance.—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025 Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France.—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Porte
Word History
Etymology
French, short for Sublime Porte, literally, sublime gate; from the gate of the sultan's palace where justice was administered
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