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billabongs

noun

plural of billabong, Australian

as in puddles

a small often deep body of water taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong

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The plants and fungi in his garden had dried up, and summer puddles, with their flamboyant biological complexity, had long frozen over.

— Molly Herring, Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
There were large puddles of waste around the camp and in the gullies between tents.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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Inside the spa, which costs $85 to enter, visitors will find saunas as hot as 220 degrees, cold-plunge pools, steam rooms and banya treatments that whisk naked bodies with oak leaves and essential oils.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
The 4,000-square-meter space gives guests access to a variety of hot and cold pools, saunas, and a one-of-a-kind green space sprinkled with lounge chairs, firepits, and 360-degree mountain views.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of pools

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If views over picturesque towns and freshwater lakes below are what is typically promised in this part of Northern Norway, today there’d be none.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Paying the statewide mussel fee does not exempt boaters from inspection requirements or additional fees imposed by individual lakes and reservoirs.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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