lagoon

Example Sentences

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A few years ago, those boats were filled with tourists – many from China – drawn to Palau's lagoons and limestone caves.

From BBC

“You would be talking about opening the lagoon — not closing the lagoon,” said Georg Umgiesser, a scientist based in Venice at the Marine Institute of Italy’s National Research Council.

From New York Times

For several days, the entire town looked like a lagoon.

From New York Times

Located on Spain's south-eastern Mediterranean coast, the lagoon was once a magnet for tourism and a sanctuary for marine life.

From BBC

In the Hamptons, the celebrity playground on Long Island’s east end, officials warned of dangerous rip currents and flooding that’s likely to turn streets like the mansion-lined Dune Road into lagoons.

From Seattle Times