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Recent Examples of saltwater
Unlike other moray eels that are brightly colored and live in primarily saltwater environments, Hades’ snake moray can be found in estuaries across southern Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, southern Java, and Fiji.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025
Despite its serene appeal, the area is also home to a diverse ecosystem, including occasional visits from wildlife such as sea turtles and, as Noémie and Robin discovered, even saltwater crocodiles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
The initial decline in saltwater fish off the Texas coast was due to overharvesting that occurred largely in the 1970s.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 11 July 2024
Europa is the fourth-largest of Jupiter’s moons and has a saltwater ocean under its ice shell that has twice the amount of water contained in Earth’s oceans.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025
Despite its serene appeal, the area is also home to a diverse ecosystem, including occasional visits from wildlife such as sea turtles and, as Noémie and Robin discovered, even saltwater crocodiles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
The initial decline in saltwater fish off the Texas coast was due to overharvesting that occurred largely in the 1970s.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 11 July 2024
Europa is the fourth-largest of Jupiter’s moons and has a saltwater ocean under its ice shell that has twice the amount of water contained in Earth’s oceans.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saltwater
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Seizing Taiwan would allow China to dock submarines in the deepwater ports off Taiwan’s eastern coast, which would extend their range and enable them to avoid some U.S. underwater sensors in the Miyako and Luzon Straits.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Offshore workers examine hydrocarbon samples aboard the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, May 18, 2018.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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Layne, the resident marine biologist and free diver, can take you snorkeling, deep-sea fishing, spearfishing, and even on a whale-watching excursion from June to September.—
Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Mar. 2025
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The creatures include everything from a squat lobster to a deep-sea limpet.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
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One of the only remaining quantitative studies on its effectiveness was conducted in 1919 by an MIT naval architecture and marine engineering student named Leo Blodgett as part of his thesis.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
20 Mar. 2025
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Dennis Washington, Montana Net Worth: $7.4 billion In 1985, Montana received $1 million toward the construction of its $3.2 million football stadium from Washington, whose conglomerate owns businesses in industries including copper mining and marine transportation.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Waning American naval influence combined with the growing size of China's navy and its assertiveness on the seas will pose major challenges to U.S. and allied military readiness in the Indo-Pacific.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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But they are camouflaged to avoid naval patrols and have become a significant force in the international drug trade, delivering potentially tens of millions of dollars of cocaine per vessel.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Saltwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saltwater. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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