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Recent Examples of waters
Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
At the same time, the other could head back to the Persian Gulf or Red Sea, waters that the United States seems unable to stay away from for any extended period.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
This could be devastating for Florida, as the Gulf waters off our shores are currently the only part of the Gulf free from the pollution, noise and chaos of offshore drilling.
—Christian Wagley, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
Paired with currents coming down from Alaska, this keeps the Bay Area waters in the crisp 50s throughout the year.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Satellite imagery captured on Saturday shows USS Nimitz had moved south across the South China Sea to waters west of Malaysia's Kota Kinabalu.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
It’s currently caught in a pocket of wind shear that’s helping to balance out the storm-fueling effects of the warmer-than-average waters its crossing.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
And speaking of food, my mouth waters at the delicious seafood dishes the island is known for, including conch, dumplings, and steamed snapper fish with funchi.
—Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the next step of the project will involve towing the system offshore to waters deeper than 164 feet (50 meters) for installation, testing, and connection to the grid.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
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There is a dangerous high risk of rip currents along the Atlantic beaches, and a small craft advisory is in effect for the Atlantic and Florida Keys waters.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
At the same time, the other could head back to the Persian Gulf or Red Sea, waters that the United States seems unable to stay away from for any extended period.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
This could be devastating for Florida, as the Gulf waters off our shores are currently the only part of the Gulf free from the pollution, noise and chaos of offshore drilling.
—Christian Wagley, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
Paired with currents coming down from Alaska, this keeps the Bay Area waters in the crisp 50s throughout the year.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Satellite imagery captured on Saturday shows USS Nimitz had moved south across the South China Sea to waters west of Malaysia's Kota Kinabalu.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
It’s currently caught in a pocket of wind shear that’s helping to balance out the storm-fueling effects of the warmer-than-average waters its crossing.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
And speaking of food, my mouth waters at the delicious seafood dishes the island is known for, including conch, dumplings, and steamed snapper fish with funchi.
—Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the next step of the project will involve towing the system offshore to waters deeper than 164 feet (50 meters) for installation, testing, and connection to the grid.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waters
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First into his life comes Jessie involved in a shipwreck with her uncle, a past colleague of Mason’s, who drowns in a vicious storm and almost takes Jessie down with him before she is heroically rescued from near death by Mason, who brings her out of the drink and then back to life.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2026
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What should be a fast minimum viable product (MVP) becomes a bloated prototype that delays launch and drowns out real user feedback.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Sweat that can’t escape wets a jacket’s layer of insulation and accelerates heat loss.—
Longji Cui,
The Conversation,
26 Dec. 2025
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But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Simply hold the brush in place, and sit back as the machine thoroughly washes and dries your bristles within thirty seconds.—
Taryn Brooke,
Glamour,
22 Jan. 2026
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Neither washes his hands in the kitchen.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Those missions are especially timely, given Chicago's unhoused population floods the system for shelter for a place to stay warm when temperatures plummet.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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The structure floods the retina with sugar to fuel its anaerobic engine and rapidly vacuums out lactate waste, preventing the build-up of toxic byproducts in the bloodless eye.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Waters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waters. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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