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Recent Examples of pond
Three landscaped acres unfold around the home, with smart fencing, a triple carport, and a dreamy alfresco kitchen overlooking a wildlife pond.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 May 2025
The pond’s seepage was a source of cholera outbreaks, and a certain unidentifiable gloom still hangs around the park that is on the site now.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Longer, if more irregular, flights even cross the pond from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, and Frankfurt.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2025
To the team’s surprise — and excitement — the pets turned out to be Vietnamese pond turtles, a critically endangered species.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 May 2025
The pond’s seepage was a source of cholera outbreaks, and a certain unidentifiable gloom still hangs around the park that is on the site now.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Longer, if more irregular, flights even cross the pond from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, and Frankfurt.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2025
To the team’s surprise — and excitement — the pets turned out to be Vietnamese pond turtles, a critically endangered species.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pond
Noun
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Fewer fish in the lake or fish with deformities, parasites or injuries would be red flags going into spawning season.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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The Dalarna region is Sweden at its best, with dense forests speckling the landscape, a web of foot trails, dramatic waterfalls, gentle slopes for hiking and skiing, and placid lakes, including one of the country’s largest, Lake Siljan.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Additionally, dam and reservoir operators rely on rainfall and snowfall forecasts to manage the water supply; fishermen in the $320 billion commercial fisheries sector rely on forecasts to stay safe as do tourism and recreational boating communities.—
Louis Uccellini,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2025
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That’s when the last displacement due to a canal reservoir project, Alajuela Lake, took place in Panama.—
Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
6 May 2025
Noun
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Indeed, a yacht trip around the island reveals only a handful of other boats, turning cerulean lagoons into private swimming pools.—
Lee Cobaj,
Robb Report,
1 May 2025
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Sea Grant Extension Agent Carolyn Kovacs will discuss the species and ecology of seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon, as well as the lagoon’s Eyes on Seagrass Blitz and how you can get involved.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2025
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The two main tarns on this trail are flanked by subalpine meadows with a variety of shrubs and wildflowers that change colors in the fall.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
16 Sep. 2024
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What didn’t end up in a New Orleanian’s blood ended up filling every pothole in the Quarter—a bubbly black tarn of viscid vice.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
Peoplemag,
7 May 2024
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Indeed, veterans of the whisky world understand that turbulence and challenging periods are part of the whisky cycle, most notably seen during the whisky loch of the 1980s when distilleries had to close due to oversupply and falling demand.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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That might include kayaking or hiking Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island, searching for seals and birdlife on the uninhabited Brion Island, exploring the rugged beauty of Trois-Rivieres in Quebec, or sailing through the legendary lochs and canals of the St. Lawrence Seaway.—
Fran Golden,
AFAR Media,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pond. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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