reservoir
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With reservoir levels so low and the negotiations failing, Gold said, “there was really no choice but for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to step in and take a bold action.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Estimating methane from a reservoir is trickier than measuring plumes from natural gas wells or landfills, scientists say.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
"The primary function of all glaciers and the entire periglacial environment is to act as a freshwater reservoir," Agostina Rossi Serra, a biologist working with Greenpeace said.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
In some older fields, the shock permanently alters reservoir dynamics, erasing some capacity forever.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
It used phrases like “the tumor’s singularity” and called the cells “a reservoir of morphologic, biochemical, and other information.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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