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Recent Examples of saltwater
Unlike other moray eels that are brightly colored and live in primarily saltwater environments, Hades’ snake moray can be found in estuaries across southern Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, southern Java, and Fiji.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025
Despite its serene appeal, the area is also home to a diverse ecosystem, including occasional visits from wildlife such as sea turtles and, as Noémie and Robin discovered, even saltwater crocodiles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
The initial decline in saltwater fish off the Texas coast was due to overharvesting that occurred largely in the 1970s.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 11 July 2024
Europa is the fourth-largest of Jupiter’s moons and has a saltwater ocean under its ice shell that has twice the amount of water contained in Earth’s oceans.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025
Despite its serene appeal, the area is also home to a diverse ecosystem, including occasional visits from wildlife such as sea turtles and, as Noémie and Robin discovered, even saltwater crocodiles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
The initial decline in saltwater fish off the Texas coast was due to overharvesting that occurred largely in the 1970s.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 11 July 2024
Europa is the fourth-largest of Jupiter’s moons and has a saltwater ocean under its ice shell that has twice the amount of water contained in Earth’s oceans.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saltwater
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Seizing Taiwan would allow China to dock submarines in the deepwater ports off Taiwan’s eastern coast, which would extend their range and enable them to avoid some U.S. underwater sensors in the Miyako and Luzon Straits.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Offshore workers examine hydrocarbon samples aboard the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, May 18, 2018.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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Culinary travelers looking for a bit more local flavor will love that the concierge is able to organize excursions like visits to an organic farm on neighboring Tortola and deep-sea fishing trips with local fishermen.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2025
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Neuroscience illustrations and deep-sea marine organisms inspired the collection.—
Renan Botelho,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
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During his first term, President Trump sharply reduced the boundaries of two monuments in Utah — Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — and stripped protections from a marine monument off the coast of New England to allow commercial fishing.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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These days, the buildings are used for marine science education programs.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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The federal lawsuit was filed less than a month after the same attorneys sued for access to migrants already detained at the U.S. naval base in Cuba after living in the country illegally.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Secretary Hegseth heads to Guantanamo Bay Satellite imagery of the Guantanamo Bay naval base shows the rapid construction of more than a hundred new structures as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to house tens of thousands of migrants at the facility.—
Victoria Beaule,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Saltwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saltwater. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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