lagoon

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Excavators were at work along the shoreline - houses built on wooden stilts over the lagoon were still being pulled down, their planks collapsing into the water below.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

These tracks were formed on the muddy edge of a lagoon around 170 million years ago and have puzzled scientists for decades.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

Weeks before the Makoko demolition, bulldozers levelled dozens of houses in the Oworonshoki neighbourhood on the opposite side of the lagoon.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

“When we started going, there would be 400 adult whales in the lagoon, including 100 moms and their babies,” he told me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Every day, she would serve him the finest white corn boiled in sweet water from the lagoon.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis