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Recent Examples of reef
From Maui’s massive reef to a Florida beach known as the shark bite capital of the world, each episode zooms in on a different geographic hotspot.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
The Nikumaroro theory suggests that Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, landed on the island’s reef before their plane was swept away.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The dry season has just begun, the water is calm and warm, and the reef teems with tropical fish.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 7 Oct. 2025
Pettigrew believes that Earhart attempted to land on the Nikumororo northwestern reef flat when her plane sunk into the Taraia Peninsula.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
The Nikumaroro theory suggests that Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, landed on the island’s reef before their plane was swept away.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The dry season has just begun, the water is calm and warm, and the reef teems with tropical fish.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 7 Oct. 2025
Pettigrew believes that Earhart attempted to land on the Nikumororo northwestern reef flat when her plane sunk into the Taraia Peninsula.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reef
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However, by game’s end, the Senators were outchanced in the high-danger area 9-6 at five-on-five, according to Natural Stat Trick.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The recalls range from children’s bed rails to mattresses and furniture posing hazards such as entrapment, fire risk, and tip-over dangers.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The British military historian John Keegan revealed the hazards of this kind of planning in his anatomy of the Schlieffen Plan, the German strategy for fighting a two-front continental war that was devised, in 1905, by the chief of the army’s general staff, Alfred von Schlieffen.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Oct. 2025
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Grill them about the perils of overfilling the spool.—
The Editors,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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The debate over racial gerrymandering also comes as the future of the Voting Rights Act could be in peril.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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That brings China’s current tariff burden down from about 57 percent to around 47 percent.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this month, lawmakers in the state tasked by DeWine with finding a solution to the heavy property tax burden shouldered by Ohio homeowners came up with 20 different proposals.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Reef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reef. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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