lakes
Example Sentences
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Generations ago, the Central Valley was a vast expanse of lush meadows, wetlands and lakes fed by melting Sierra Nevada snow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Many shippers book slots to transit the canal months in advance, using a reservation mechanism that accounts for 90% of total traffic through the complex freshwater system of locks and artificial lakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
People living near coasts, rivers and lakes ramp up fishing, depleting stocks rapidly until controls are enacted in some locations, along with increased farming for seaweed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Also known as grabblers or hand-fishermen, noodlers use their own bare limbs as bait to catch enormous flathead catfish lurking in Southern and Midwestern rivers, creeks, and lakes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
But he could barely look at it, this largest of man-made lakes that had taken everything away from him.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
