basin
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"I've already heard of Ebola and it's a disease that scares me a lot," Mapenzi said as she washed her laundry in a basin on the ground.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Capital that would have been allocated to the Otway basin, including drilling the La Bella 2 well, can now be used on acquisitions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
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
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
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