lake

Example Sentences

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Researchers say years of agricultural chemicals and metals washing into the lake have made the dust toxic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

I have no solution for the fraught dynamics of social media, besides perhaps throwing one’s phone in a lake, and “Yesteryear’s” target audience isn’t likely to heed that advice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

In this single lake, more than 800 species have emerged from a shared ancestor in far less time than it took humans and chimpanzees to diverge.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Nearly 15 million cubic meters of ice and debris collapse into the lake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The dogs immediately swung down off the trail toward the lake, trying to get at the wolves and deer.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen