water holes

Definition of water holesnext
plural of water hole

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Activities Personalised treks to experience the character and charm of nearby villages, mountains, monasteries and lakes are led by highly knowledgeable guides such as Gyaljen Sherpa, 36, a veteran of Himalayan trekking.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2026
  • As Curiosity climbs, the terrain shows a clear shift toward increasingly dry conditions, broken up by occasional wetter intervals when rivers and lakes briefly resurfaced.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That larger halo could bring multiple globular clusters together, but could also not necessarily contain other reservoirs of gas or normal matter, being instead overwhelmingly dominated by dark matter.
    Big Think, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
  • That will mean less snowmelt feeding the river’s reservoirs, which are declining to critically low levels.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • No colonial power had ever controlled the swamps and savannas of the interior—an alien land of lagoons, glade marshes, prairies, and hardwood thickets.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • However, challenges such as the creeks and coastal lagoons have slowed progress and required some segments to be routed away from the rails and onto nearby surface streets.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Located on the shores of Loch Linnhe, one of 31,000 freshwater lochs in Scotland, Fort William sits in the shadow of Ben Nevis, at 4,490 feet the highest peak in Britain.
    Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Curling is a game of tradition, first played centuries ago on Scottish lochs, where players slide heavy granite rocks down a sheet of ice toward a target.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Water holes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water%20holes. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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