La Porte
Americannoun
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a city in NW Indiana.
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a town in S Texas.
Example Sentences
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“You get headaches, you get nauseous, and you get chronic respiratory issues that affect you,” said Sema Hernandez, a community organizer who lives with her four children about a half-mile from Oxy’s La Porte facility.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
For a couple with opposing allegiances, the hourlong drive from their home in La Porte, Indiana, was not an easy one.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
Both units are located in other parts of the La Porte site, the company said in a statement.
From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 2021
LyondellBasell said that about 100,000 pounds of a mixture that primarily included acetic acid was released in the leak that started Tuesday evening at its La Porte Complex.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
He had grown up in a profoundly religious home in La Porte, Indiana, where his father had been a Methodist pastor.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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