1
: a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water
2
: a shallow artificial pool or pond (as for the processing of sewage or storage of a liquid)
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The subs never actually submerged—passengers simply sat below the lagoon’s waterline—but the ride embodied a growing appetite for underwater tourism.
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Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
One even pulled me around a lagoon like a Jet Ski with a blowhole.
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Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
The high jewelry collection was presented inside a 12th-century church on San Clemente Island, a secluded island in the Venetian lagoon that once served as a monastery and later an asylum before becoming home to a luxury hotel.
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Anthony Demarco,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Get ready to go do a folk dance to ward off the creature from the black lagoon in Universal Studios’ Eggersland someday.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
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Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
One even pulled me around a lagoon like a Jet Ski with a blowhole.
—
Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
The high jewelry collection was presented inside a 12th-century church on San Clemente Island, a secluded island in the Venetian lagoon that once served as a monastery and later an asylum before becoming home to a luxury hotel.
—
Anthony Demarco,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Get ready to go do a folk dance to ward off the creature from the black lagoon in Universal Studios’ Eggersland someday.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
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“Lagoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lagoon. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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lagoon
noun
la·goon
lə-ˈgün 
: a shallow channel or pond near or connected with a larger body of water
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