safe harbor
Americannoun
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a harbor considered safe for a ship, as in wartime or during a storm at sea.
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any place or situation that offers refuge or protection.
Example Sentences
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The first mate told him the crew was scared and wanted to sail into a safe harbor for the night.
From Literature
Private space flight has been going so well, it’s hardly been a subject in this column since a 2004 effort to prod congressional action on a safe harbor from the lawsuit industry.
And you were still allowed to apply for asylum post-World War II, so that people in danger in their countries could find safe harbor.
From Salon
Under the president, she said, “criminals have no safe harbor.”
From Los Angeles Times
If investors around the world seek safe harbors elsewhere, the U.S. could face a future of diminished foreign investment, higher inflationary pressure and a reduced capacity to finance its debt.
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