Davy Jones's locker

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Noun
  • The research also sheds light on the South Pole–Aitken basin, the Moon’s largest and oldest known impact crater, spanning about 1,550 miles across the far side.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Just to the left of Trouvelot lies another large basin that appears even older and more heavily eroded, with its rim almost completely worn away.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The European social set descends on this Cape Town party spot every summer for its white sand and chilly blue water, as well as the trendy clubs and hotels that lie in the shadow of the Twelve Apostles mountain range.
    Melanie van Zyl, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Kyle says a teary good-bye to everyone, gets on a boat, and is let out in the deep blue water, heading back to civilization, heading over each rocking swell, not into the future, but somehow into the past.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Eco effort Water from the lake is pumped from depths of 164 feet and filtered into the hotel’s air conditioning system to cool the rooms in summer.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Progress is limited by the lack of publicly available benchmark datasets with data captured from multiple types of sensors using realistic mine deployments and precise ground truth, meaning the actual positions and depths of the target mines.
    Sagar Lekhak, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Sharks, whales, rays, turtles, dolphins, and even the rare dugong (a manatee-like creature) swim these stunning seas alongside hundreds of species of fish.
    Melanie van Zyl, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2026
  • After observing Choe Hyon's sea trials on Tuesday, Kim said the ship met operational requirements and called it a symbol of the country's expanding naval capabilities.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Davy Jones's locker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Davy%20Jones%27s%20locker. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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