Southport

American  

[south-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈsaʊθˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

1. a seaport in Merseyside, in western England: a seaside resort town.

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Southport British  

/ ˈsaʊθˌpɔːt /

noun

1. a town and resort in NW England, in Sefton unitary authority, Merseyside on the Irish Sea. Pop: 91 404 (2001)

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Example Sentences

One focus of the inquiry into the Southport murders was why the Prevent counter-terrorism scheme missed an opportunity to intervene in the life of Rudakubana.

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A senior Merseyside police officer urged parents last year to "please talk to your children about the dangers of entering empty and derelict buildings", after a spate of trespass incidents in Southport.

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Southport's Fleetwood will relish a local Open at Birkdale but also the US Open at Shinnecock Hills where the current world number three was second to Koepka in 2018.

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This week, Taylor Swift talked about the Southport stabbing attack, King Charles shared good news about his cancer treatment, and a couple from Wales won a second million-pound lottery jackpot.

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There was a 19% increase in religious hate crimes targeted at Muslims last year, with a spike after the Southport murders and riots that followed last summer, according to Home Office figures.

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