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Lockport

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[lok-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈlɒkˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

  1. a city in W New York, on the New York State Barge Canal.


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To have a shot at keeping the zoae alive and thriving, Akers said, “I had to re-create the ocean”—in her house in Lockport, New York, 500 miles from the Atlantic.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2025

Other GM plants have yet to vote, including its Lockport, New York plant.

From Reuters Nov. 15, 2023

The Lockport Central School District activated its system in January 2020 after meeting conditions set by state education officials at the time, including that no students be entered into the database of potential threats.

From Seattle Times Sep. 27, 2023

Banks sued over conditions at GM's components plant in Lockport, New York, where she began working in 1996.

From Reuters Sep. 7, 2023

"Well, it might be almost anything," responded Jed, unable to withstand the chance to make a little joke, "but it happens to be Lockport."

From Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains by Frank V. Webster

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