bayou
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Horton-built house in Slidell, La., with a ramp to the porch, a wide doorway and a community pond in the backyard that reminded her husband of his childhood on the bayou.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Based in Houma, in the heart of the Louisiana bayou, they began enjoying increased prices for their catch last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Riders journey through the bayou in search of the perfect band to perform before plunging down the attraction’s signature 50-foot drop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Lana Del Rey reportedly wed swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene on Thursday at his place of employment: a public bayou in Des Allemands, La.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
The one that would lead me down to the bayou.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
But since Ida, owners buy generators and haul 55-gallon drums of diesel across lakes and bayous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
“But our Giselle was transposed out of Austria to the bayous of Louisiana, so it made it relevant to us at the time.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
A longtime hunter, he had been raised in Orange County but born to roam — into the bayous of Louisiana and the mountains of Colorado and many points between.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
The flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
“Yes. But not today. Today we join expert tour guide Merle Hodge on a lavish journey through the Arkansas bayous to seek out the elusive Lazarus woodpecker.”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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