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Recent Examples of reef
Your animal friends will get tasty pumpkin treats and seasonal enrichment as jack o' lanterns become reefs for the underwater creatures.
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Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Pasamayo is home to consistent, crystal-clear waves that break on the reef all year long.
—Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
There are no crowds and very few clocks—just water, reef, and sky.
—Desiree Norman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
Scarborough Shoal is one of many islands, inlets, and reefs in the South China Sea that Beijing claims as its territory, which are disputed by other countries in the region.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Pasamayo is home to consistent, crystal-clear waves that break on the reef all year long.
—Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
There are no crowds and very few clocks—just water, reef, and sky.
—Desiree Norman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
Scarborough Shoal is one of many islands, inlets, and reefs in the South China Sea that Beijing claims as its territory, which are disputed by other countries in the region.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reef
Noun
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The Leafs outchanced the opposition 81-46, including 34-20 on high-danger attempts.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Hale will be facing extreme danger at every corner.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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The episode culminates in a sprint to the limousine, overcoming hazards such as moving obstacles, water attacks and even pigeon droppings.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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However, owners should also be cautious of potential dangers and hazards of outdoor adventures, as this pet parent learned from the dog's frightful fall.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement The trauma and alienation experienced by those who endured military occupation at our nation’s founding suggests the peril of regularizing military rule in American cities today.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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While Sachsen-class AAW frigates have carried the burden of air defense, the F125s were largely kept out of high-threat zones because of their limited missile range.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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The house payment burden has increased 111% in six years.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Reef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reef. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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