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Recent Examples of tarn
The two main tarns on this trail are flanked by subalpine meadows with a variety of shrubs and wildflowers that change colors in the fall.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
What didn’t end up in a New Orleanian’s blood ended up filling every pothole in the Quarter—a bubbly black tarn of viscid vice.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
One fuselage is deposited in an enormous hangar, used as a backlot on the slopes of the Sierra: the second one is nearly buried in artificial snow, and surrounded by olive trees; the third is found above the Sierra Nevada’s high mountain tarn La Laguna de las Yeguas, at around 10,000 feet.
—Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022
In the morning, kick off the day’s driving with a 30-minute excursion to visit the enormous sapphire tarn of Mono Lake, an alkaline expanse freckled with tufa spires, pinnacles formed by calcium carbonate interacting with freshwater springs in the lakebed.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2022
Pass Grant Lake, a deep blue tarn nestled in the sagebrush.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in a mountain cirque surrounded by snowfields and battered by storms.
—Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
Follow the winding trail toward the base of O'Malley Peak to a striking, dark tarn called Deep Lake.
—Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018
In 1951, some 885 square miles of Cumbrian hills and tarns (mountain pools) were designated as a national park, Britain’s largest and, with 18 million annual visitors, its most popular.
—Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
What didn’t end up in a New Orleanian’s blood ended up filling every pothole in the Quarter—a bubbly black tarn of viscid vice.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
One fuselage is deposited in an enormous hangar, used as a backlot on the slopes of the Sierra: the second one is nearly buried in artificial snow, and surrounded by olive trees; the third is found above the Sierra Nevada’s high mountain tarn La Laguna de las Yeguas, at around 10,000 feet.
—Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022
In the morning, kick off the day’s driving with a 30-minute excursion to visit the enormous sapphire tarn of Mono Lake, an alkaline expanse freckled with tufa spires, pinnacles formed by calcium carbonate interacting with freshwater springs in the lakebed.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2022
Pass Grant Lake, a deep blue tarn nestled in the sagebrush.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in a mountain cirque surrounded by snowfields and battered by storms.
—Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
Follow the winding trail toward the base of O'Malley Peak to a striking, dark tarn called Deep Lake.
—Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018
In 1951, some 885 square miles of Cumbrian hills and tarns (mountain pools) were designated as a national park, Britain’s largest and, with 18 million annual visitors, its most popular.
—Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tarn
Noun
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He’s seen those flags blown taut toward the lake before.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Predicting the lakes can also involve seasonal changes in water levels, which tell scientists how much water is coming into the system and what to expect.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Heat president Pat Riley has always sought to follow up a big splash by tossing another boulder into the pond.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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As has become tradition at the tournament, Saigo celebrated by jumping into the nearby pond with members of her team, a smile plastered across her face.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Utah has launched a financial initiative to pay farmers not to grow crops as part of an effort to conserve water from the Colorado River and help stabilize Lake Powell, one of the West's most-vital reservoirs.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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It’s long been known that pheasants can serve as competent reservoirs for Borrelia.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The coral lives in a semi-enclosed underwater lagoon, within which the water temperature is significantly higher than the swirling South Pacific Ocean beyond.—
Tom Soufi Burridge,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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The saltwater lagoon off the pool area is another hit with kids at the resort.—
Annie Archer,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Indeed, veterans of the whisky world understand that turbulence and challenging periods are part of the whisky cycle, most notably seen during the whisky loch of the 1980s when distilleries had to close due to oversupply and falling demand.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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That might include kayaking or hiking Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island, searching for seals and birdlife on the uninhabited Brion Island, exploring the rugged beauty of Trois-Rivieres in Quebec, or sailing through the legendary lochs and canals of the St. Lawrence Seaway.—
Fran Golden,
AFAR Media,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Tarn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tarn. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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