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watery

[waw-tuh-ree, wot-uh-] / ˈwɔ tə ri, ˈwɒt ə- /


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Appeared in the March 25, 2026, print edition as 'A Surfer Faces Her Watery Fear'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Mr Shaw also said the part of Watery Lane closed because of the housing estate's construction, was due to reopen in April.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

Watery straits, which connected the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, had risen above the water thousands of years ago.

From Scientific American • Aug. 13, 2021

Watery figuration in the piano and trills in the violin set a contemplative tone that expands into supreme, stunning lyricism.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2019

Watery rice with maggots in it is all they give us here.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake




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