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Recent Examples of lake
At the bottom, there is a place to jump into the lake.
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Zach Urness, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Fisheries biologists surveyed anglers at 11 lakes and found that 43% used live-imaging sonar.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
The Mayes Road-Sam Furr Road intersection is three miles east of Interstate 77 exit 25, which leads to Birkdale Village and the lake.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025
The lake is now 86 percent full, which is 121 percent of its average for this time of year.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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Zach Urness, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Fisheries biologists surveyed anglers at 11 lakes and found that 43% used live-imaging sonar.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
The Mayes Road-Sam Furr Road intersection is three miles east of Interstate 77 exit 25, which leads to Birkdale Village and the lake.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025
The lake is now 86 percent full, which is 121 percent of its average for this time of year.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lake
Noun
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Nearly a month later, on Feb. 25, the sheriff’s office received a call regarding human remains discovered in a pond roughly 3 miles from the home.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Nix’s 16-month-old grandson, the sibling of the girl who died, wandered out of her home and drowned in a pond when Nix fell asleep while watching him in December 2021, according to attorneys.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The three-day celebrations are reported to be starting around June 26 and will take place on Bezos’ $500-million superyacht, Koru, which will be anchored in the Venice lagoon.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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While this sprawling lagoon can be explored by foot, it’s best experienced from the comfort of a boat, with multiple excursions taking place each day via canoe and catamaran.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Adrian Shine, who has been researching the loch in Scotland since the 1970s, helped identify the camera as one of six lowered nearly 600 feet below the loch's surface by Roy Mackal, of the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau and the University of Chicago.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But decades of overuse, drought and climate change have drained its flow to critical levels, threatening the stability of reservoirs such as Lake Mead.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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In recent years, persistent drought in the West has reduced water levels in the Colorado River, Lake Mead and Lake Powell -- the two largest reservoirs in the country -- to record-low levels.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Lake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lake. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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