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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Last year at Oxy’s La Porte plant, a midnight explosion and fire drew a major response by emergency personnel.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Both units are located in other parts of the La Porte site, the company said in a statement.
From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 2021
Last week in La Porte, evacuation and shelter-in-place orders were temporarily issued after a chemical release at a Dow Chemical plant there.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 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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