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estuary

[es-choo-er-ee] / ˈɛs tʃuˌɛr i /


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Chris Peregrin, who manages the Tijuana Estuary for the state park system, said the nonprofit Tijuana Estuary Foundation has been a good partner, and the president of the foundation board is guess who:

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

There had been talk for years about turning the underappreciated Tijuana River Estuary, part of which was used as a dumping ground, into something useful.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Pete Kibel, managing director at Fishtek Marine, said: "We have now developed a highly effective system that will protect fish in the Severn Estuary and potentially be an option for many more power stations throughout the world."

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The system, designed in Devon by a company called Fishtek Marine, was tested by Swansea University in the Severn Estuary.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

He was all too familiar with the whims of Lake Washington, from his coxswain days, and the weather on the Oakland Estuary had been typically but frustratingly calm and pleasant.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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