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Noun
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Extending housing to remote areas requires new roads, water systems, sewers, schools, and fire protection, all of which are costly and often opposed by local governments.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026 -
The tech giant has also committed to investments in schools and nonprofit organizations in Richland Parish, as well as more than $300 million to help improve local infrastructure, from roads to wastewater management.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Of course, modern touches like bedside power ports and espresso machines are also in place.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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Iran has continued to restrict traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and the United States has blockaded the country’s ports.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The company has also had to suspend some of its transport services and find alternate routes either to safe harbors or over land.—
Mae Anderson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The company has also had to suspend some of its transport services and find alternate routes either to safe harbors or over land.—
Mae Anderson,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Brush piles near the entrances to shallow bays and coves are other thick cover favorites of Holley’s.—
John Phillips,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
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Development sends runoff into bays, further clouding the water.—
Annika Hammerschlag,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Noun
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For all of these creatures, the coast’s patchwork of barrier islands, beaches, sandbars, salt marshes, tidal creeks and estuaries are vitally important for survival.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
16 May 2026
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That will prevent polluted excess water being sent on estuaries east and west of the lake that have befouled waters with blue-green algae that has led to massive deaths of marine life within the past decade.—
Jim Turner,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The lake below was green, opaque, and nestled into a hundred little inlets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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Another stealth feature is the dorsal air inlets on the upper surface of the fuselage.—
David Szondy
April 21,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There were crackling sounds coming from the radio, someone speaking over the noise of a crowd.—
Fran Moreland Johns,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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Though many pretend otherwise, the once revolutionary sounds of the free jazz movement have shifted into their own form of orthodoxy, just like swing, bebop, and everything that preceded it.—
Levi Dayan,
Pitchfork,
11 May 2026
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“Roadsteads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadsteads. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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