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
After the Pacific, the Mediterranean basin holds the highest number of historical tsunamis recorded, of which several have impacted France’s Côte d’Azur coastline.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The water shortages have inflamed tensions between the upper basin states: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico, and the lower basin states: Arizona, California and Nevada.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
"The dark grey, achromatic basin was not incidental to the design," it says.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
And now there came a sort of sucking noise, and very quickly all the blue frothy mixture in the huge basin was sucked back into the stomach of the machine.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing basin
"Of Mice and Men"
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