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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loughs
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Since Dylan’s death in 2011, hundreds more children in the UK have drowned seeking relief from scorching temperatures in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and quarries.
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Authorities have warned people to take extra care when swimming in unsupervised areas, such as rivers or lakes, following the deaths of around 40 people in France over the past week.
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Her team collected 20 water samples from five temporary rainwater ponds at Gunma Ecological Park in Pará state, Brazil, in April 2025, along with 100 tadpoles of the Venezuela snouted treefrog (Scinax x-signatus) from each pond.
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The sprawling coastal property encompasses roughly 3,700 acres of pastureland, woodlands, lochs, and more than three miles of dramatic shoreline.
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Covering roughly 260 kilometers from Glasgow to the west coast of Scotland, the West Highland Line is one of the most beautiful routes in the world, offering an ever-changing landscape of rugged mountains, mirror-like lochs, and remote moorlands.
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Glen Canyon Dam that provides power for millions of people depends on the same reservoirs already sitting at historic lows this year.
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According to the South River Watershed Alliance, the river starts in metro Atlanta and flows to Jackson Lake, one of Georgia's oldest reservoirs.
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Iceland’s Ring Road is a natural fit for an EV road trip, circling the island for about 820 miles past waterfalls, black sand beaches, glacier lagoons, lava fields, fjords and fishing towns.
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In the original plans, the east and west ends of South Park (now Jackson and Washington parks, respectively) were meant to be connected to Lake Michigan via long canal that would allow boaters to get from the lake to the lagoons in what is now Washington Park.
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“Loughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loughs. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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