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The watery funnel looks speckled with stars, like a portal to a deep, dark place.

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One can also only imagine the feelings elicited by the realization that several other priceless statues had been deliberately sent to a watery grave.

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Beyond environmental change, the researchers link these watery origins to Sumer's cultural identity.

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Convenience inspires many geographical connections, including the Panama Canal, essentially a watery, 50-mile desire path between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

From Thomas Mann to Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith, Michael Dibdin and Donna Leon, novelists have been drawn to the watery labyrinth where solid ground routinely crumbles and where certainty—even identity itself—might dissolve.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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