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Recent Examples of saltwater
There are fishing cats, leopard cats, saltwater crocodiles and rare river dolphins, all seen best from a boat.
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
One hypothesis suggested that early alligators were saltwater tolerant and then later lost the trait.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
Fluoride also is found naturally in some groundwater, some plants, and crops such as spinach, tea leaves, some grains, saltwater fish and shellfish, says Sandip Sachar, DDS, a Manhattan dentist at Sachar Dental and committee member of the New York Dental Society.
—Sherri Gordon, Clc, Parents, 11 Apr. 2025
While mugger crocodiles typically inhabit freshwater habitats such as lakes and rivers, saltwater crocodiles are known for their ability to travel between freshwater and marine environments, occasionally appearing along the coast, especially near estuaries or river mouths.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
One hypothesis suggested that early alligators were saltwater tolerant and then later lost the trait.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
Fluoride also is found naturally in some groundwater, some plants, and crops such as spinach, tea leaves, some grains, saltwater fish and shellfish, says Sandip Sachar, DDS, a Manhattan dentist at Sachar Dental and committee member of the New York Dental Society.
—Sherri Gordon, Clc, Parents, 11 Apr. 2025
While mugger crocodiles typically inhabit freshwater habitats such as lakes and rivers, saltwater crocodiles are known for their ability to travel between freshwater and marine environments, occasionally appearing along the coast, especially near estuaries or river mouths.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saltwater
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Robotic underwater vehicles play an important role in marine research, environmental operations, deepwater exploration, and search-and-rescue missions.—
Jason Falconer,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 July 2013
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Today, his empire includes oil tankers, dry bulkers, LNG carriers and deepwater drilling rigs.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Argentinians have a surprising new fixation — a livestream of deep-sea creatures spotted during an international expedition to map one of the country’s largest deep-sea canyons.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Both offer public fishing excursions and private charters, cruising near the shore or heading out to the open ocean for deep-sea fishing.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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Shortly after the fire began, the Turkish Coast Guard posted that marine traffic was temporarily suspended in the north-south direction, Al Arabiya reported.—
Anna Skinner
Amanda Castro
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered its biggest ever decline last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast swathes of hard coral, a new report has found.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Rivera Lynch, who was born in Milwaukee, lived with his dad in Middleburg, Fla., where the father is a command information system security manager at the nearby naval air base.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey launched that naval force a year ago to deal with mines in Black Sea waters.—
Lorne Cook,
Fortune,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Saltwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saltwater. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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