bay
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The government previously identified, external that "nutrients from outside the bay, run-off from streams that contain fertiliser and treated waste water from the water treatment works' all normally contribute to the growth of sea lettuce".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The bay duiker antelope, for example, gives birth to offspring that weigh about as much as the estimated newborn C. theotonicus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Vaccines, masking, improved indoor air quality and acquired immunity have all kept the virus at bay so that morgue trucks no longer fill the streets.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Skubal held the Cubs at bay for one more batter by getting Michael Busch to skip a groundball to second baseman Tommy Edman, playing on the edge of the infield grass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
It’s raining outside, yes, but it’s also raining inside, where an eastern white pine has smashed through Axel’s bay window.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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River otters are not to be confused with sea otters, which live in the ocean, bays and harbors and can grow to be up to five feet and 100 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
He uses fans in the bays for the mechanics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Dealers are investing in their repair shops, adding service bays and a phalanx of customer-friendly services once reserved for luxury patrons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The House of Commons said on the parliamentary estate, MPs and peers have access to 14 fast EV charging bays which have a payment system for users.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
In September 1832, exploring the gray cliffs and low-lying clay bays near Punta Alta, he discovered an astonishing natural cemetery, with fossilized bones of enormous extinct mammals splayed out before him.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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A tri-colored package of personality-plus, Uno quickly bayed his way to fan favorite.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2021
This sent noise levels in the Commons through the roof as Conservative MPs bayed across the chamber at the Labour leader.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2018
On a recent afternoon this summer, while her loyal dogs bayed outside, Laura Mathews sat at the dining table in her spacious suburban home with tears in her hazel eyes.
From Chicago Tribune ● Sep. 8, 2014
Somewhere a bird chirped and a lone donkey bayed into the abyss.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2013
He bayed again, and this time Gray lifted his voice in an echo of loss.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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That entire pseudo-event was one one of those blink-and-you-miss-it moments that get drowned out in the endless baying insanity of our collective reality.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
There was nothing more the Swiss racer could do to reel in Franzoni's time in a race held in front of tens of thousands of baying fans in overcast conditions.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
At the Optus, a spicy pitch will be surrounded by 60,000 baying Australians.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
Later, “Dance of the Reed Flutes” becomes a sleazy, vaudevillian show tune sung by an anthropomorphic Rat King to his loyal subjects, a group of baying rodents dressed like SS officers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
From a distance came the lonely baying of hounds.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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