Davy Jones's locker

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Noun
  • Beside him stood two children, also cast in bronze, holding water basins that served as fountains — a nod to his charitable nature.
    Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
  • Used in the American heartland as well as in the Amazon basin where there’s been rapid deforestation for farming, the nitrogen-rich fertilizers are likely making their way into the Mississippi and Amazon Rivers as runoff, which then carries it into the Atlantic.
    Stephanie Elam, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Tourists, families, and competitive anglers alike can charter deep-sea fishing boats to spend a day in the middle of wide open, deep, blue water.
    JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
  • Romantic Island Apartments The Borromeo Islands, a stunning archipelago floating majestically on the shimmery blue waters of Lake Maggiore, are an exceptional highlight of Italy’s Lakes District.
    Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • In particular, the ocean battle, with Kong chained to an aircraft carrier as Godzilla attacks from the depths, is a masterclass in tension, staging and environment-building rarely seen in modern blockbuster cinema.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The show found its audience quickly, perhaps due to the main character’s quest to spread happiness and kindness at a time when the world was deep in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sometimes warriors are lost at sea keeping the sea-lanes open in 2024.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
  • That’s because storing oil at sea is more expensive than on land and a measure of last resort in extreme cases when onshore storage appears to run out.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
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“Davy Jones's locker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Davy%20Jones%27s%20locker. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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