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Recent Examples of lake
Where to stay In the town of Hinterzarten, 10 minutes’ drive from the market, Parkhotel Adler is spread across five buildings, including one from 1655, and has its own lake and private park.
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Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 18 Oct. 2025
Old Kingdom texts describe the creator god emerging from a lake.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
The limited existing flora and fauna would be replaced by life adapted to the lake.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
Neighboring lakes, including Hartwell and Keowee, are also popular for home rentals on game weekends.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
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Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 18 Oct. 2025
Old Kingdom texts describe the creator god emerging from a lake.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
The limited existing flora and fauna would be replaced by life adapted to the lake.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
Neighboring lakes, including Hartwell and Keowee, are also popular for home rentals on game weekends.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lake
Noun
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Few among us would hesitate to wade into a pond to save a drowning child.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ahead of the third season — which premiered in October 2025 — The Diplomat has already been renewed for a fourth season, promising a whole new advent of drama across both sides of the pond.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bayobab’s headquarters in Côte d’Ivoire lies just north of Abidjan’s long lagoon, in a hilly neighborhood perversely called Plateau.—
Samanth Subramanian,
The Dial,
14 Oct. 2025
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The waterfront would be transformed into a large marina, with piers and floating docks off the shore by the old Flipper Dolphin lagoon theater and wrapping around most of the waterfront, along with racks for storing smaller boats on land and heavy machinery depositing them in the water as needed.—
Pedro Portal,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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What with its rippling mountains, meditative lochs, and misty woodlands, Scotland’s moody atmosphere hits its stride in the cooler seasons.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Oct. 2025
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Donal, a nightclub owner in Chicago obsessed with the blues, has resisted going back to the land of lochs for reasons that will become only somewhat clear over the course of the run time.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fall boating can mean peaceful days on Arkansas' large reservoirs while many hunters begin to hit the woods instead of the water.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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Forty-two percent comes from surface water out of lakes and reservoirs.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Lake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lake. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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