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basin

[bey-suhn] / ˈbeɪ sən /


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“We continue to see a prolonged drought in our future. So continuing to work together as a whole within the basin is going to be extremely important.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

While a bullish storage surprise could lend near-term support, fading heat, an expected increase in supply from the Permian basin and the storage surplus “underscore weak fundamentals in the end of summer.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Each of the riders covers upward of 30 miles a day to treat every catch basin in the city’s urban and suburban areas, about 75,000 total, over the course of a month.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

"It's the start of the end of the fire -- but the start of the crisis," said Nina Rosazza, who runs a metal factory in the Arcachon basin near Bordeaux.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

I kept looking into the basin, but nothing happened, and after a long time, Mami let me get up.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The absence of sediment across that roughly 2,000-year period indicates that water no longer covered parts of the lake basins.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Communities in the western Hill Country region should prepare for the possibility of flash floods with catastrophic river flooding possible in the Nueces, Frio and Medina river basins, the weather service said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Salt production began in Ulcinj almost a century ago, when the natural lagoon was transformed into a network of shallow evaporating basins.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Elsewhere, lower water volumes in the Missouri and Mississippi River basins threaten to disrupt coal shipments by barge, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report warned.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

That afternoon, new, more powerful disinfectant was purchased for the basins and foot spas.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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