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Friday’s announcement marks the first time that deepwater shark species have been added to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora’s lists of regulated species.
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Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2025
Even if a major oil spill happened 100 miles from Florida’s coast, the loop current could bring it to the state’s shallows, said Tracey Sutton, the deepwater researcher.
—Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
Furthermore, a preliminary agreement with Egypt’s EGAS may lead to the development of five deepwater gas wells in the Mediterranean, connecting to existing infrastructure.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Those offshore turbines are dramatically larger than ones on land and require substantial infrastructure at ports for construction, from large assembly facilities to deepwater docks for ships that carry turbines out to sea.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
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Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2025
Even if a major oil spill happened 100 miles from Florida’s coast, the loop current could bring it to the state’s shallows, said Tracey Sutton, the deepwater researcher.
—Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
Furthermore, a preliminary agreement with Egypt’s EGAS may lead to the development of five deepwater gas wells in the Mediterranean, connecting to existing infrastructure.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Those offshore turbines are dramatically larger than ones on land and require substantial infrastructure at ports for construction, from large assembly facilities to deepwater docks for ships that carry turbines out to sea.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deepwater
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The drugs were seized at London Gateway, a deep-sea container port about 30 miles from London.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Dawn choruses are getting shorter and the oceans echo with the din of transcontinental shipping and deep-sea mining.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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The company later became known for environmental damage, most notably for causing one of the worst oil spills in history when its supertanker, the Exxon Valdez, spewed millions of gallons of crude oil off Alaska that blackened shorelines and killed marine life.—
Alex Kuffner,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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However, the Corps of Engineers, the city and marine experts say an increasing number of studies and observations show that September or October might be a better time for the annual maintenance.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Deepwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deepwater. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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