watershed
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That’s why Amazon’s $25 billion bond deal last week might be a watershed moment for the market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
James Chace presents the presidential election of 1912 as a watershed moment in which four politicians fought over “the central question of America’s exceptional destiny.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
She called Jack and Sarah's fight for the truth "a watershed moment" and "the patient safety catalyst for the Nottingham maternity review".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Snowfall in the Gila River watershed was exceptionally scarce, leaving mountain snowpack at just 2 percent of the 1991-2020 March median.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
And so it was that the weekend that was to have been a watershed in Dedd’s life turned into a trip down memory lane in a rented boat.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
When exploring the watersheds east of Cuzco, Peru, he writes, Miller was “overawed by the tropical forest canopy stretching to infinity before him.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Of these, 16 formed interconnected watersheds covering at least 100,000 square kilometers.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Large watersheds are far more common on Earth than on Mars.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Prosecutors allege the company discharged excavated material into waterways in different watersheds, including Nojoqui Creek, Arroyo Quemado and Asphaltum Creek.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
Such places, the watersheds of the great coniferous forests of spruce and balsam, of hemlock and pine, provide the kind of spawning grounds that salmon must have in order to survive.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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