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Recent Examples of waters
Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
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
Verb
Now Chambers waters three days a week, three zones at five minutes each.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waters
Verb
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The Astronaut moves fast, driven by passion and curiosity that drowns out fear.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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Low and invisible ambient light under stormy skies typically drowns out the light that coronae emit in the visible spectrum our eyes can see, so their camera and periscope system made that lower light more visible.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
25 Feb. 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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And believe me, a person who receives warmth, love, and care from us—who washes and styles their hair—is someone who walks back into the world feeling confident, inspired, and ready to spread kindness further.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
24 Feb. 2026
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The meaning of consciousness is immersion in multitudinous flowing tastes, olfactory rumors, vibrations, racing to understand before the ocean washes them away, these sensations like spherical and syncopated waves crashing against her hundred tentacles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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The floating center console creates handbag storage and an available dual pane sunroof floods the cabin with light.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
24 Feb. 2026
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The title floods the screen, in lavishly flowing script, a whopping 49 minutes into this 108-minute neo-noir, not far off the halfway mark.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Waters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waters. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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