as in pool
a small often deep body of water splashing in the puddles on the way home from the bus stop

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Recent Examples of puddle Containers reflected in a puddle following a rainfall, at the Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China May 9, 2025. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 May 2025 Whether you got caught in a downpour or stepped in one puddle too many, wet shoes happen. Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 May 2025 Videos of him jumping into mud and puddles garnered millions of videos and likes. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 12 May 2025 If that wasn't enough, the bride and groom even lay down in the puddles, while the groomsmen slide across the wet grass in their suits, which made for great footage captured by videographer Taylor Abbott. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for puddle
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  • There’s also a private pool and attic space that was converted to another room.
    TJ Macias, Miami Herald, 31 May 2025
  • From an initial pool of 51 candidate variants, the scientists narrowed it down to three genes, only one of which was likely to play any role in gene regulation: Arhgap36.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 May 2025

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“Puddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puddle. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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