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Recent Examples of lake
The practice occurs in rivers and lakes across the state.
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Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
After walking through the snow to his spot on the New Jersey side of the lake in Passaic County, Gelman used a power auger to drill five 10-inch holes through the ice.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2026
That winter also saw ice cover on the Great Lakes hit record lows – which can can lead to more lake-effect snow; lower lake levels in the summer months; and more lakeshore flooding and erosion, among other impacts.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Here’s an update on Canyon and Medina lakes, here in South Texas.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
After walking through the snow to his spot on the New Jersey side of the lake in Passaic County, Gelman used a power auger to drill five 10-inch holes through the ice.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2026
That winter also saw ice cover on the Great Lakes hit record lows – which can can lead to more lake-effect snow; lower lake levels in the summer months; and more lakeshore flooding and erosion, among other impacts.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Here’s an update on Canyon and Medina lakes, here in South Texas.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lake
Noun
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The recurrence of one particularly popular design – mandarin ducks in a lotus pond – even allowed Flecker to date the shipwreck.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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His body was eventually discovered in a retention pond in Mayfield Park.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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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,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Here, Pat Sin Leng Country Park offers a tranquil retreat, with streams meandering through what were once rice paddies, now wetlands leading to the serene Hok Tau and Lau Shui Heung reservoirs.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Federal workers have taken the first steps in a $32 million maintenance of the Blue Mesa Dam, the largest of three dams that were built in the 1960s to create Colorado's biggest reservoir.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Lake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lake. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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