bayou
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The bayou battle breaks new ground: It marks a rare instance where an electric utility has been allowed to cut off customers through a regulatory process called abandonment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Based in Houma, in the heart of the Louisiana bayou, they began enjoying increased prices for their catch last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
At the end of May, dusk yawns deep over the bayou, spinning orange-pink gold across summer-green front lawns, softening the day-bleached glare of pearlshell gravel roads.
From Salon • May 10, 2024
Its gentle currents and leafy surroundings reminded him of a calm bayou, quiet but for the intermittent buzzing of insects and the splash of his paddle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024
She spent three days on a roof until some Swampfolk—the bayou cousins of Merfolk—rescued her.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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