Galveston

[gal-vuh-stuhn]

noun

1. a seaport in SE Texas, on an island at the mouth of Galveston Bay.

Example Sentences

They were freed by Union soldiers in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued.

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As a result, oil ports in cities like Houston and Galveston and in nations like China and Saudi Arabia are threatened with being overwhelmed, according to the report.

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“Matriarch,” according to Knowles’ website, will track her life from her upbringing in Galveston, Texas, in the 1950s to her experience raising two superstar daughters.

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From the Gulf of Maine to Galveston, beachgoers could watch oil tankers bursting into flames, sunk by German submarines.

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It departed on a transatlantic voyage and reached Galveston, Texas, in fall 2023.

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