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La Porte

American  
[luh pawrt, pohrt] / lə ˈpɔrt, ˈpoʊrt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Indiana.

  2. a town in S Texas.


Example Sentences

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OxyVinyls plans to spend $1.1 billion to expand and upgrade its La Porte plant, the company said in regulatory filings last year.

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

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

Lee Woodward, City Secretary and Public Information Officer for the City of La Porte added there is no active shelter-in-place order for the local community.

From Fox News • 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