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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ponds
Noun
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Around the world, terminal saline lakes are shrinking at an alarming rate, research shows.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026 -
Triple Lakes Trail This is the longest trail in Denali National Park, and takes hikers through forest, wetlands, alpine terrain, and three lakes.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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That larger halo could bring multiple globular clusters together, but could also not necessarily contain other reservoirs of gas or normal matter, being instead overwhelmingly dominated by dark matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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That will mean less snowmelt feeding the river’s reservoirs, which are declining to critically low levels.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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However, challenges such as the creeks and coastal lagoons have slowed progress and required some segments to be routed away from the rails and onto nearby surface streets.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 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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“Ponds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ponds. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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