Davy Jones's locker

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Noun
  • Upon stepping inside through the full-height entry door, the kitchen counter with sink basin is located to the right.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Melissa ripped across Jamaica with torrential rain and rough winds after making landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the most powerful landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His one happy place is in the clear blue water.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Heavenly beaches with blue water stay warm into November.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nutrient-rich agricultural runoff and sewage cause huge algal blooms, and when these algae die and sink, bacteria bloom in turn, consuming so much oxygen that few other organisms survive at lower depths.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.
    Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What begins as a token of possession becomes, when Rose releases it to the sea, a monument to lost love and freedom.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • With a displacement of more than 100,000 tons and a length of 1,100 feet (334 meters), the Ford is the largest warship the US has ever put to sea.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
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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 5 Nov. 2025.

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