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Harwich

British  
/ ˈhærɪtʃ /

noun

  1. a port in SE England, in NE Essex on the North Sea. Pop: 20 130 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"The saying goes 'what happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in Antarctica'," BAS oceanographer Peter Davis told AFP during a tour of the vessel as it prepared to depart Harwich, eastern England, on Monday.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Marten told the jury they were hoping to stand out less than they had in Harwich where people had started to recognise them.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

Five years later he and his wife Lucy moved to the UK and bought the Harwich Harbour Ferry, saving it from closure.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024

They say the couple fled, travelling in taxis from Liverpool to Harwich, then onto Colchester and London.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

As there was time before the next port we were to visit, Yarmouth, we had an idle day at Harwich, and, as Dr. Watts says, 'Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.'

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)

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