shallow
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Horace Walpole called the Venetian Jubilee of April 1749 “the prettiest spectacle I ever saw,” though there was “nothing Venetian about it,” apart from a shallow canal and a “sort of gondola” loaded with musicians.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Ancient rivers crossed a greener environment, feeding shallow lakes that grew and shrank over time.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
"We work in staggered timing... doing our work in early mornings and after sunset," said 42-year-old Babulal Narayan, who rakes the salt as brine water dries in shallow pools.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Haulover Sandbar is billed as a popular tourist marina in Miami, owing to its clear and shallow water.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The snowmobile zoomed around shallow frozen lakes, and dodged clusters of smooth gray rocks that stuck up out of the white blanket of snow like icebergs on the ocean.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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