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aqua

[ak-wuh, ah-kwuh] / ˈæk wə, ˈɑ kwə /




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Next season’s salary cap is projected to be just above $300 million—and the Dolphins may be dedicating around two-thirds of that to players no longer wearing aqua on Sundays.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

“We use dumbbells like you’d use at the gym,” Porciuncula says, “not those inflatable ones or foam ones, plus weighted medicine balls, kickboards, paddles and other aqua resistance equipment.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2026

Igor Porciuncula is an aqua fitness trainer from Brazil who teaches private swimming lessons in Los Angeles, primarily for children, and offers personal training for adults.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2026

Eateries in Italy, Denmark and the U.K. offer their own aqua explorations.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

Sky blue, lake blue, sailor blue, aqua blue—you name a blue.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

The Spanish army encamped, says Guicciardini, "in a place called by Livy, from its vicinity to Sessa, aquae Sinuessanae, being perhaps the marshes in which Marius hid himself."

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by William Hickling Prescott

The former were driven from their homes by a peculiar interdictio ignis et aquae; the other—by an interdictio scientiae.

From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by I. Friedlaender

Saturday and Sunday post missam aquae, as p.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Although all these aquae cleanse gold concentrates or dust from impurities, yet there are certain compositions which possess singular power.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

Who can trace the filum aquae of the most erratic and arrogant river in all the world?

From The Law of the Land by Emerson Hough

Merchants paused selling piñatas, street food and aquas frescas to take photos of the runners and cheer them on.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2025

If you like a calming effect, choose soothing aquas, limes and mints.

From Washington Post May 4, 2016

The bright aquas and greens are also gender-neutral for friends and cousins of both boys and girls.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2015

Swirling and striped reds, whites, yellows, greens, aquas and blues surround you.

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2014

The principal verb is tenebat, the subject ille, and the object aquas; so translate:— He used to stay the running waters by his song.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce




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