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ponds

noun

plural of pond

as in lakes

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Recent Examples of ponds Her team collected 20 water samples from five temporary rainwater ponds at Gunma Ecological Park in Pará state, Brazil, in April 2025, along with 100 tadpoles of the Venezuela snouted treefrog (Scinax x-signatus) from each pond. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026

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Most are adults who die in natural bodies of water such as lakes, ponds or oceans.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Most are adults who die in natural bodies of water, such as lakes, ponds or oceans.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of lakes

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Glen Canyon Dam that provides power for millions of people depends on the same reservoirs already sitting at historic lows this year.

— Kelly Fleming, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
According to the South River Watershed Alliance, the river starts in metro Atlanta and flows to Jackson Lake, one of Georgia's oldest reservoirs.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of reservoirs

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Iceland’s Ring Road is a natural fit for an EV road trip, circling the island for about 820 miles past waterfalls, black sand beaches, glacier lagoons, lava fields, fjords and fishing towns.

— Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
In the original plans, the east and west ends of South Park (now Jackson and Washington parks, respectively) were meant to be connected to Lake Michigan via long canal that would allow boaters to get from the lake to the lagoons in what is now Washington Park.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 June 2026

Definition of lagoons

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The sprawling coastal property encompasses roughly 3,700 acres of pastureland, woodlands, lochs, and more than three miles of dramatic shoreline.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 June 2026
Covering roughly 260 kilometers from Glasgow to the west coast of Scotland, the West Highland Line is one of the most beautiful routes in the world, offering an ever-changing landscape of rugged mountains, mirror-like lochs, and remote moorlands.

— Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026

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