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Recent Examples of pondThe enormous cooling towers and evaporation ponds were marginally more interesting — all that recycled water, baking in the Sonoran Desert.—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 There’s also a one-bedroom guest house, which makes an overnight trip for friends and an easier sell, plus a nearby pond and winding stone paths.—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 May 2025 To the visitors’ surprise, there is a virtual pharmacy in plants, plus a few freshwater ponds and even rain one night in the dry winter.—Angela Dansby, CNN Money, 14 May 2025 Residents saw small ponds nearly dry and lawns turn brown.—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pond
His frustration sparked an idea: the Heli-Hydrant, a relatively small, open tank that can be rapidly filled with water, enabling helicopters to refill faster for urban fires rather than flying to sometimes distant lakes or ponds.
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Dorany Pineda,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
In addition to more glaciers (circa 300) than any other national park in the Lower 48 states, North Cascades boasts dozens of jagged snowy peaks, wild rivers, tranquil lakes, and among the highest biodiversity of any U.S. park.
The massive 11-story, 404-room resort has a 100,000-square-foot indoor waterpark and a 4.5-acre outdoor lagoon with sandy beaches—that’s in addition to a conference center, family entertainment center, an amphitheater and event lawn, as well as retail shops.
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Anne Roderique-Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2025
Once the site of a residence for admirals in the British Royal Navy, the park includes Clarence Cove, where a favorite locals’ activity is to jump from the jagged cliffs above the quiet beach into a sparklingly blue lagoon.
Likewise, while the castle at Balmoral has been valued at $80 million, the Times includes the surround estate — including vast lochs, mountains and moores — at around $278 million.
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Meredith Kile,
People.com,
16 May 2025
The Loch Ness monster, in a grainy image now considered iconic, appeared as a dinosaur-like creature cruising across Scotland’s famous loch, or lake.
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