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While the salamanders have numerous supporters at ARC and the organization's partners, the amphibians still face mounting hazards.
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 8 May 2025
Named for the Aztec god Xolotl, the amphibians are only found in Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
Extend your adventure: The Schramm Education Center has aquariums and exhibits with more than 60 species of freshwater fish, invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians found in Nebraska.
—Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 20 May 2025
Now, the amphibians’ only remaining natural habitat is a series of canals in Lake Xochimilco.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 8 May 2025
Named for the Aztec god Xolotl, the amphibians are only found in Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
Extend your adventure: The Schramm Education Center has aquariums and exhibits with more than 60 species of freshwater fish, invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians found in Nebraska.
—Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 20 May 2025
Now, the amphibians’ only remaining natural habitat is a series of canals in Lake Xochimilco.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amphibian
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Most people get from town to town by seaplane or boat.—
Sharael Kolberg,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2025
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As this is the mid-Atlantic’s yachting capital, and an anchorage for caravels, clippers and seaplanes, the spirit of nautical bonhomie is pervasive.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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One of those bombers dropped two massive ordnance penetrators on a nuclear facility in Fordo at 2:10 a.m. local time, Caine said—the first of 14 bombs dropped across Iran.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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It was being dropped from high above the Earth by a B-2 Spirit bomber.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
25 June 2025
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Reckoning has received a lot of attention for its stunts – Tom Cruise hanging off a biplane, for instance, and a burning parachute sequence.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
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Their modest aircraft, a wooden biplane made of spruce and ash covered by cotton muslin, was open to the outside air.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2025
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The Israeli military said its warplanes, guided by intelligence, hit command centers linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including the Basij headquarters and the Alborz Corps, which oversee internal security.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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Bombs and missiles launched from U.S. warplanes hit nuclear sites at Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz in Iran.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.—
Lauren Ferrer,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
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“Amphibian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amphibian. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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