basin
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Widespread smoke impacts are expected in the L.A. basin, on Catalina Island and the Coachella Valley, too.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
In its suit, the nonprofit said the dark color of the pool's basin "creates the sweeping mirror image of the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument that millions of visitors experience every year."
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
"We know that it's a declining basin in the North Sea," says co-leader Gillian Mackay.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
U.S. fracking pioneer Harold Hamm is making a big bet that Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale deposit could become as productive as the Permian basin in Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The basin itself was over three feet deep and clear.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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