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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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Hydrocarbons – Worst Performers KOS (Kosmos Energy): Kosmos Energy is focused on deepwater exploration and production in offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as well as Mauritania and Senegal.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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Just looking at oil, S&P sees deepwater output rising above 2 million barrels per day and then plateauing for five to seven years.—
Ben Geman,
Axios,
13 Aug. 2024
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After years of discussion, the United Nations reached an agreement on deep-sea mining guidelines.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
3 Feb. 2025
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The researchers hope their study serves as a call to further investigate deep-sea biodiversity in the face of encroaching human activities like industrial fishing and offshore drilling.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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The six-location event will have more than 1,000 boats on display along with thousands of marine products from over 1,000 exhibiting brands.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
11 Feb. 2025
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The scales, for example, from stars to marine snow, and in the second part, transitioning between forests to underwater kelp forests, trying to show these incredibly dynamic relationships that we’re embedded in.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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What To Know In a press release on Sunday, the Netherlands' defense ministry announced that its Royal Navy had escorted a fleet of six Russian ships—comprising three naval vessels and three civilian ships—navigating through the Mediterranean Sea en route to a Russian port.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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The carrier had arrived at a naval base in Crete earlier in the week, a rare break for the strike group that has been in constant operations, though the pace had ebbed as Israel's ceasefire with Hamas took effect in mid-January.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Saltwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saltwater. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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