brackish water

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"Bull sharks thrive in warm, brackish water, which most other sharks flee," she told the BBC.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

The surface is now home to scavengers, soldiers, mutants, and ghouls, all doing their best to survive on spoiled food, brackish water, and whatever’s left in long-abandoned vending machines.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

Slow-moving brackish water, threatening to swallow whatever comes near, menaces in the background.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

When the pulse of sludge-choked freshwater reached the Dnipro-Bug Estuary, it hammered fish species adapted to brackish water.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024

My sensitivity to the world around me made me soak all its suffering like a sponge soaking brackish water.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane