water hole

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Recent Examples of water hole Water Holes Canyon The name Water Holes Canyon is a bit fanciful as there no significant permanent water holes here. Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2024 Hang Trail Cameras Over Scrapes Short of a corn pile or isolated water hole, the best way to take inventory of the deer in your area is by hanging cameras over large community scrapes. Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024 There are five water holes operated by mechanical pumps. Mazuba Kapambwe, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2024 Grasses were green, water holes full, and creeks were flowing in several drainages throughout the Karoo. Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024 When the females had cubs, in contrast, males were more likely to encounter potential rivals on the edges of their territory or around water holes. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024 The Maya viewed such subterranean features and water holes—like the nearby Sacred Cenote—as connections to the underworld. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024 In an interview, Ms. Andrade Ramírez said that after close examination of a 50-foot-deep water hole in La Bocana beach, near the town of Santo Tomás, Mexican authorities found three male bodies early on Friday. Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, New York Times, 4 May 2024 Only instead of taking place in a suburban convention center, it's held in a delightfully classic, very remote tented camp in an acacia grove overlooking a water hole with a resident hippo. Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
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Noun
  • Chula Vista police said the latter site was for residents living south and west of the lake, and few people were there when a reporter visited around noon.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
  • More:Powerful polar vortex in the stratosphere brings frigid temperatures to US A 'significant' amount of Lake Erie is covered with ice Footage obtained by USA TODAY shows the view of the Manitoulin at a standstill in the middle of the lake.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There was an empty reservoir in Los Angeles County, overgrown state forests, under-resourced fire departments, mismanaged water and political dysfunction — a steady stream of evidence that the state and the county had failed to guard against a wildfire with the same rigor as the Vogts had.
    Eli Saslow, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The ember cast, blown due south by high winds, will devastate the area on the west side of the Eaton Canyon reservoir.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Police and firefighters created a rescue command post at the bridge across from the girl’s home, officials said, and firefighters put on their cold water suits and went into the pond to look for her.
    Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The Park District envisions an initial phase with five baseball fields, six multipurpose athletic fields, a domed soccer field, stadium with running track, accessible playground and a pond.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Guests take a short boat ride at sunset to a small wooden dock marooned in the middle of a lagoon in the Indian Ocean.
    Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The park’s second volcano, the inactive Chato Volcano collapsed thousands of years ago, creating a picturesque turquoise lagoon in its crater.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Water hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water%20hole. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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