as in bay
a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
went fishing in the quiet inlets of the coast
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With frontage on an inlet of Lake Michigan, Traverse City has water sports, more than 30 area golf courses and a reputation as a top dining town.
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William P. Barrett, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
Sand carried in by tides and storms accumulates in what’s called a flood-tide shoal at the northwest corner of the lagoon near the inlet.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
The underground roof piping also was noncompliant with standards, and the utility roof drains were undersized from the point of the main roof drain inlets at the perimeter of the building to the point of outlet at the parking lot, among other findings.
—Monica Brich, arkansasonline.com, 9 Aug. 2024
Overlooking a wide and shallow inlet on the north shore stood United Nations 8240 Monument to the Loyal Dead of the Eulji-Tiger Brigade, elsewhere called the Military Achievement Monument of Commando’s Loyal Deads.
—William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
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William P. Barrett, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
Sand carried in by tides and storms accumulates in what’s called a flood-tide shoal at the northwest corner of the lagoon near the inlet.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
The underground roof piping also was noncompliant with standards, and the utility roof drains were undersized from the point of the main roof drain inlets at the perimeter of the building to the point of outlet at the parking lot, among other findings.
—Monica Brich, arkansasonline.com, 9 Aug. 2024
Overlooking a wide and shallow inlet on the north shore stood United Nations 8240 Monument to the Loyal Dead of the Eulji-Tiger Brigade, elsewhere called the Military Achievement Monument of Commando’s Loyal Deads.
—William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
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“Inlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inlet. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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