water holes

plural of water hole

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Noun
  • Roughly 71% of the face of our world is covered in seas, lakes, rivers, and oceans, serving as the elixir for more than three billion years of global life.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This will once again trigger the lake effect snow in the Great Lakes by the middle of the week, and 1 to 2 feet of snow is possible off lakes Erie and Ontario by the end of the week.
    Elisa Raffa, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The drones, often described as large, brightly lit, and loud, have also been reported over reservoirs, electric transmission lines, and police stations.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • They have been spotted flying over important infrastructure, like reservoirs, power lines and railroads, in people’s backyards and above highways.
    Alyce McFadden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The erosion and runoff that follow affect the water quality and increase the sedimentation of rivers and lagoons.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Earlier this year, the Missouri Legislature passed laws prohibiting the operation of three sludge lagoons in Newton, McDonald and Randolph counties.
    Randal Seyler, arkansasonline.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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