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reservoir

[rez-er-vwahr, -vwawr, -vawr, rez-uh-] / ˈrɛz ərˌvwɑr, -ˌvwɔr, -ˌvɔr, ˈrɛz ə- /


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The organisation who manages the reservoir where it was found says at first it thought the discovery was a "hoax".

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The canal authority plans to build a new 4,600-hectare reservoir on the Indio River to the west as a way to limit the effects of future droughts on operations.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

But a satellite image pulled up by his team from 21 July confirmed it was real, and was indeed floating in the middle of the reservoir in a remote northern part of the province.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

At body temperature, it rapidly becomes a lubricious semisolid material that acts as a local drug reservoir.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

The day had completely emptied him as if, between my questions and the job interview, he had used up his entire reservoir of chatter, energy, and social grace.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

The river’s reservoirs have declined to their lowest levels on record.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Nepal has almost no large reservoirs capable of doing this: its main storage dam, Kulekhani, holds less than a tenth of a cubic kilometre, "so there's nothing to release", says Sanyal.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

More snow feeding into the Colorado River would also replenish the reservoirs of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, easing drought across the Southwest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Instead, they are reservoirs of frozen water that developed during the thousands of years after the major Ice Age glaciers disappeared.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

So what used to be mini neighborhood reservoirs are now all as dry as our sinks.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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