as in bay
an area of sea water that is separated from the ocean by a reef or sandbar
Beyond the beach there was a picturesque blue lagoon.
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The mountainsides provide the dairy and the beautiful cheese, and the lagoons feed the waterways, which feed the very fertile plains.
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Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2024
The erosion and runoff that follow affect the water quality and increase the sedimentation of rivers and lagoons.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
The reflections of the town’s palm trees now shimmer across the expanse of a new lagoon, framed by steep sand dunes.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Organic dairy CAFOs, including some in Sonoma, share some of the characteristics of conventional ones, like the use of manure lagoons — giant pools of animal waste that pollute air and water and can harm human health.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2024
The erosion and runoff that follow affect the water quality and increase the sedimentation of rivers and lagoons.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
The reflections of the town’s palm trees now shimmer across the expanse of a new lagoon, framed by steep sand dunes.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Organic dairy CAFOs, including some in Sonoma, share some of the characteristics of conventional ones, like the use of manure lagoons — giant pools of animal waste that pollute air and water and can harm human health.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
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The Stockholm Archipelago Trail launches at the end of October, passing through pine forests, sandy coves, and tranquil bays.Madeline Weinfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2024
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Events take place on bays, reservoirs, rivers, lakes and harbors in Colorado, California, Michigan, Florida and beyond.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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Sardinia is ringed with coves lapped by translucent turquoise water, soft white sand beaches and some of the warmest swimming conditions in the region, as balmy as 80 degrees in summer.Ann Abel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Villa Avellana Who Stays There: Tech entrepreneurs, bank CEOs, music producers, and entertainers The Property: A modern, teak-and-glass villa on a secluded cove with red land crabs, white egrets, and turtle nests.Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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Photographs and satellite imagery revealed a mountain and part of a glacier in East Greenland had collapsed into the fjord at that time.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
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The film shows what happens when an entire mountain collapses into a fjord, triggering a tsunami that promises to ravage the quiet coastal town of Geiranger in ten minutes.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
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In the heart of coastal Orange County, Newport Harbor is the largest recreational harbor on the West Coast, with plentiful opportunities for sailing around the islands of the complex as well as paddling in the quieter estuaries of Back Bay.Outside Online, Outside Online, 12 July 2024
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With the first fragment, Evaristo’s poem somehow takes us to estuaries as metaphor for spaces of encounter, spaces of survival, spaces wherein humanity could learn a lot.Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Dive team members for the Houston police department then searched beneath the surface of the muddy creek.Ayana Bryant, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Ike Walker, whose business and pleasure in life is the manufacture of fishing lures, was somewhere south of us on the creek fishing with Grady Blanton and Milton Pace.Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 27 June 2024
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Wading into an icy loch for a brisk swim and burst of adrenaline.Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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The film features local fisherman, Mylo, who claims to have been attacked by the creature, and who runs a Loch Ness Monster tourist show on the banks of the loch.Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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The marina harbor has 85 berths for yachts up to 165 feet, while buoys just outside accommodate gigayachts to 550 feet.Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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The harbor had a derelict air, its large docks empty and the plaza devoid of people.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Lagoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lagoon. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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