pond

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Recent Examples of pond Bluestone paths circle a pond, and two year-round streams offer spots for both fishing and swimming. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 May 2025 These storm drains eventually lead into our streams and creeks, which could drain into our ponds, lakes and rivers. Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025 Of Nebraska’s 73 state parks and recreation areas, 29 offer swimming in lakes, reservoirs, rivers, ponds, or pools. Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 22 May 2025 Across Quail Hollow’s massive pond as Rahm walked to the green of the Green Mile’s first hole, a roar erupted. Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pond
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pond
Noun
  • The Sulfur Grotto This lake occupies the deepest part of the cave, which lies below sea level.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • Another time, during a kayaking trip at a nearby lake, Pashley and Brian traveled out to a small island where a house had burned down, leaving only its chimney.
    Tyler Hicks, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • There are now more than 20,000 homes inside the reservoir areas designed to flood during severe storms.
    Laura Sullivan, NPR, 8 June 2025
  • Or the council could restore those programs at all city reservoirs.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The organization, which monitors shark activity throughout the region, joked about the parallel to the infamous movie and invited the public to guess what kind of shark had found its way into the sheltered saltwater lagoon.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Santa Rosa: Neighboring Santa Rosa is the park’s second-largest island and has a similar history of ranching and offers beach and backcountry camping, a coastal lagoon, tidepooling, rare Torrey pines, beach dunes and driftwood.
    Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • The two main tarns on this trail are flanked by subalpine meadows with a variety of shrubs and wildflowers that change colors in the fall.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
  • What didn’t end up in a New Orleanian’s blood ended up filling every pothole in the Quarter—a bubbly black tarn of viscid vice.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Noun
  • Likewise, while the castle at Balmoral has been valued at $80 million, the Times includes the surround estate — including vast lochs, mountains and moores — at around $278 million.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • The Loch Ness monster, in a grainy image now considered iconic, appeared as a dinosaur-like creature cruising across Scotland’s famous loch, or lake.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pond. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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