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Bar Harbor

American  

noun

  1. a town on Mount Desert Island, in S Maine: summer resort.


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A few days of monitoring the situation from Bar Harbor would be necessary.

From Slate Jun. 13, 2026

In high school, Baltimore enrolled in a summer program at the prestigious Jackson Laboratory at Bar Harbor, Maine, where he made a discovery that altered his life and set him on the path to science.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2025

Among the best-known sites to suffer damage were the century-old Shore Path in Bar Harbor and Pemaquid Point lighthouse in Bristol, depicted on the Maine commemorative quarter.

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2024

Cruise ships found refuge at berths in Portland, Maine, while lobstermen in Bar Harbor and elsewhere pulled their costly traps from the water and hauled their boats inland, leaving some harbors looking like ghost towns.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2023

The words "Bar Harbor, Maine" were painted in the sky.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

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