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Recent Examples of home port
The Disney Adventure, which sets sail in March 2026, will be the company’s first cruise ship with a home port in Asia.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
The Carnival Valor is currently based in New Orleans, according to Fox 10, but beginning May 15, 2027, the 3,000-person cruise will call Mobile its home port.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
The festival, which honors America's quarter-millennial anniversary, is part of a travel showcase where themed riverboats from seven cities come to Greater Cincinnati, sharing the food and music from their home port.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
The Carnival Celebration ship, which holds as many as 5,200 passengers, called PortMiami its home port, and sailed to the Eastern and Western Caribbean.
—Vinod Sreeharsha
september 22, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
The Carnival Valor is currently based in New Orleans, according to Fox 10, but beginning May 15, 2027, the 3,000-person cruise will call Mobile its home port.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
The festival, which honors America's quarter-millennial anniversary, is part of a travel showcase where themed riverboats from seven cities come to Greater Cincinnati, sharing the food and music from their home port.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
The Carnival Celebration ship, which holds as many as 5,200 passengers, called PortMiami its home port, and sailed to the Eastern and Western Caribbean.
—Vinod Sreeharsha
september 22, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for home port
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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
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Cargo movement in and out of Bangladesh’s largest seaport came to a standstill Tuesday after dockworkers and other port employees intensified strike action that halted operations at the gateway.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Feb. 2026
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Reiki, sound bathing, The Telepathy Tapes, tarot, Santa Claus, phrenology.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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Every player had chosen a new note, no one had consulted, and yet the sound was ringingly coherent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps most grotesquely, construction officially began on the Istanbul canal (what is essentially Bosporus 2) west of the strait that will greatly increase geological risks for the city in what has to be one of the regime’s greatest boondoggles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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The project, first announced in 2017, will reportedly include the construction of a new canal and marina for excursion boats.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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In addition, the persistent cold has caused a significant buildup of ice on streams, rivers and bays across the Northeast and Midwest, AccuWeather said.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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The rain moved into the region closer to San Francisco, including some areas in the East and South bays, in the afternoon, Murdock said.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Toward Honshu’s southern tip, Japan’s largest island narrows, yet the landscape remains as dramatic as ever.—
James March,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Dec. 2025
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The backless style stands out with a distinctive curvaceous heel measuring 4.2 inches in back, and on the opposite end, the lustrous upper narrows into a classic pointed toe.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
25 Nov. 2025
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From inlets covered in neon-green algae, snow-white egrets took flight over ships stacked with thousands of brightly colored containers—imagine a mash-up of Gauguin and Mondrian.—
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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The water heater also has an inlet and outlet valve located at the top of the tank.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
28 Jan. 2026
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In Spain's southern Andalusia region, close to 4,000 people evacuated their homes as a result of the ongoing storm, and dozens of roads remained closed because of flooding and landslides.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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The battery technology, aiming to hit public roads by mid-2026, could significantly reduce fire risks while improving performance in extreme heat and cold.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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There’s a dining table and a sofa, for eating and reading in the fresh air with clear views of the lagoon.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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Lamps glow around the lagoon as if set for a candlelit dinner.—
Rick Jordan,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Home port.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20port. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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