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Recent Examples of barrier reef
Despite most of the terrain being endless shades of green, I was stunned to find the Calibishie Red Rocks on a barrier reef, an area filled with nooks of sea caves and crannies where waves crash high into the sky.
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
Florida’s Coral Reef is the third-largest barrier reef system in the world and the only living coral barrier reef in the continental U.S.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
Rock House is a luxury resort boasting turquoise water and a white sand beach, surrounded by one of the world’s largest barrier reefs that wraps around the archipelago.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Besides unsurpassed fishing, the resort provides access to more than 30 world-class diving and snorkeling sites, thanks to its primo location a stone’s throw from the 62-mile Great Astrolabe Reef, the fourth largest barrier reef in the world.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Robb Report, 29 May 2025
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
Florida’s Coral Reef is the third-largest barrier reef system in the world and the only living coral barrier reef in the continental U.S.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
Rock House is a luxury resort boasting turquoise water and a white sand beach, surrounded by one of the world’s largest barrier reefs that wraps around the archipelago.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Besides unsurpassed fishing, the resort provides access to more than 30 world-class diving and snorkeling sites, thanks to its primo location a stone’s throw from the 62-mile Great Astrolabe Reef, the fourth largest barrier reef in the world.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Robb Report, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrier reef
coral reef
Noun
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In Gillespie and Pettigrew’s telling, after failing to find Howland Island, Earhart headed south and landed the Electra on Nikumaroro’s large coral reef, which is exposed at low tide.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Gulf is home to the northernmost coral reef and over 500 species of tropical fish.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Barrier reef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrier%20reef. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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