as in bay
an area of sea water that is separated from the ocean by a reef or sandbar
Beyond the beach there was a picturesque blue lagoon.
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Recent Examples of lagoon
Originally a mix of swamps and lagoons, Albert Park received its name in 1864 to honor Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort.
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Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
My favorite thing was sitting on the deck out front at end of the day, reading a book with the fan going, overlooking the lagoon.
—Lisa Aiken, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
No colonial power had ever controlled the swamps and savannas of the interior—an alien land of lagoons, glade marshes, prairies, and hardwood thickets.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
The great lagoon containing the city of Venice is visible to the right, on the Adriatic coast.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
My favorite thing was sitting on the deck out front at end of the day, reading a book with the fan going, overlooking the lagoon.
—Lisa Aiken, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
No colonial power had ever controlled the swamps and savannas of the interior—an alien land of lagoons, glade marshes, prairies, and hardwood thickets.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
The great lagoon containing the city of Venice is visible to the right, on the Adriatic coast.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lagoon
Noun
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Operators at the center maintain constant radio communication with vessels across the bay, performing a role similar to air traffic controllers at airports.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2026
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More than 30 years after guarding the beaches of Los Angeles County, Pamela Anderson is still watching the bay.—
Andrea Sachs,
Washington Post,
13 Mar. 2026
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This short but steep trek takes you through a tunnel and ends at a viewpoint with expansive views of the cove.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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Nowadays six islands are open to day trippers and boaters, and even San Clemente, which is owned by the Navy, allows boats to anchor in its coves.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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South America fractures into a puzzle of fjords and channels at the southernmost tip of the continent, the Brunswick Peninsula, in Chile’s Magallanes Region, where the future park will protect temperate rainforests, shrublands, and vast carbon-capturing peat bogs.—
Mark Johanson,
Outside,
14 Mar. 2026
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This year’s off-stage activities included a trip to a sauna on the fjord.—
Joy Williams,
The Dial,
3 Mar. 2026
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Take an ecotour with Pawleys Island Guide Services to explore the marshes, deltas, tidal creeks, and estuaries that wind their way around the island.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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The area represents one of the largest undeveloped estuaries on the East Coast.—
Thad Moore,
AJC.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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Escondido relies on an outfall pipe that transports the city’s runoff to the ocean via Escondido creek.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Located on the shores of Loch Linnhe, one of 31,000 freshwater lochs in Scotland, Fort William sits in the shadow of Ben Nevis, at 4,490 feet the highest peak in Britain.—
Patti Nickell,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Curling is a game of tradition, first played centuries ago on Scottish lochs, where players slide heavy granite rocks down a sheet of ice toward a target.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2026
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Symptoms included vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps and fatigue within one to two days of consuming seafood from the harbor — consistent with norovirus infection, according to Whatcom County Health and Community Services.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Hundreds charged into the slightly-warmer-but-still-chilly Boston Harbor early Sunday afternoon, in an annual event raising funds to support programs along the harbor coast all summer long.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Lagoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lagoon. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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