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an area of sea water that is separated from the ocean by a reef or sandbar
Beyond the beach there was a picturesque blue lagoon.
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Why go to Punta Cana?
Off the beaches, Punta Cana also features lagoons and cenotes (deep, freshwater reservoirs fed by rain and river water, common in Mexico and the Caribbean).
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
The lagoon looked like a huge lake at the time, and visitors could see that there was no longer an open channel of water connecting the lagoon to the ocean because the inlet was blocked by a sand bar.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The three-day celebrations are reported to be starting around June 26 and will take place on Bezos’ $500-million superyacht, Koru, which will be anchored in the Venice lagoon.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
While this sprawling lagoon can be explored by foot, it’s best experienced from the comfort of a boat, with multiple excursions taking place each day via canoe and catamaran.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
The lagoon looked like a huge lake at the time, and visitors could see that there was no longer an open channel of water connecting the lagoon to the ocean because the inlet was blocked by a sand bar.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The three-day celebrations are reported to be starting around June 26 and will take place on Bezos’ $500-million superyacht, Koru, which will be anchored in the Venice lagoon.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
While this sprawling lagoon can be explored by foot, it’s best experienced from the comfort of a boat, with multiple excursions taking place each day via canoe and catamaran.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lagoon
Noun
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Add bay leaves, saffron and its liquid, and enough vegetable stock to barely cover sweet potato cubes.—
Yakir Levy,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2025
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The latest attempt to reduce the pollution input from stormwater is a series of pilot projects to filter water flowing from cities into the bay.—
Courtney Heath,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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With 24 bell tents in a quiet cove in Hildale, Utah, this site is surrounded by the Canaan Mountain Wilderness, giving guests the best outdoor location and ultimate privacy.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Virgin Islands boasts beaches and pirate coves, Greenland has the world's second largest ice sheet.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Many of the world’s most popular cruise ports—such as Venice, Kotor, Juneau, and many destinations in the Norwegian fjords—feature complex or restrictive approaches that require expert handling.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Your adventure-loving kids can kayak through fjords, plunge into icy water and camp under the Antarctic sky.—
Barbara Kahn,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2025
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Through its tours, the New Smyrna Beach nonprofit informs visitors about the flora and fauna found within the estuary, plus the problems plaguing the ecosystem and ongoing recovery efforts.—
Patrick Connolly,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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As of last October, Maryland authorities had also not done a risk assessment for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Homendy said, a four-mile long set of parallel bridges crossing the estuary.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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Or Frank Lloyd Wright, with his long, often low-slung homes of concrete and red tidewater cypress, designed to harmonize with their surroundings (Fallingwater, one of his most famous works, is perched over a creek in a quiet glade outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).—
Nick Remsen,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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Those who hike the trail have the opportunity to summit Mount Washington, the tallest peak in the northeast, walk along a peaceful creek, or follow in the footsteps of history where the trail becomes part of the towpath for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Adrian Shine, who has been researching the loch in Scotland since the 1970s, helped identify the camera as one of six lowered nearly 600 feet below the loch's surface by Roy Mackal, of the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau and the University of Chicago.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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To guide your cruise ship safely into and out of port, often through narrow channels and busy harbor systems that only a local specialist can truly master.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The booming sound of music from the harbor reached them as if through a membrane.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Lagoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lagoon. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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