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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More recently, some of the firefighting wastewater from the Ohio train fire, which contained toxic chemicals, was trucked back to a processing facility in Deer Park, Texas, which borders La Porte.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
And the Trapp brothers, Harold, 24, and William, 23, of La Porte, Ind., who were identified in 2020.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2021
Both units are located in other parts of the La Porte site, the company said in a statement.
From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2021
Emergency officials responded to a "mass casualty" incident at the LyondellBasell complex in La Porte, just after 7:30 p.m., according to the Harris County Fire Marshal.
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
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