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Recent Examples of waters
Sarah Scott, Parents, 14 June 2026
No marine alerts or advisories are in effect for Atlantic or Florida Keys waters.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 10 June 2026
This ingenious gardening gadget saves time, regulates watering, and waters consistently, streamlining the chore if not eliminating it completely.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
Small craft should exercise caution over the Atlantic waters and the Keys waters.
—Lissette Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
Uncharted waters The Covid-19 pandemic was Powell’s most daunting challenge at the helm of the world’s most powerful central bank, economists and former Fed officials say.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Poor to hazardous boating conditions continue across offshore Volusia and Brevard County waters.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Hood and others see this as not just an attempt to right-size environmental rules that had become unnecessarily burdensome, but a massive chipping away at environmental safeguards that kept our public lands and waters relatively intact.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Considering the quantity of hydrocarbons that are naturally entering Gulf of Mexico waters, what exactly constitutes an environmental disaster?
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
Millennials certainly planted some seeds in this garden in their day, but Gen Alpha waters it more so than any previous generation.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 14 June 2026
No marine alerts or advisories are in effect for Atlantic or Florida Keys waters.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 10 June 2026
This ingenious gardening gadget saves time, regulates watering, and waters consistently, streamlining the chore if not eliminating it completely.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
Small craft should exercise caution over the Atlantic waters and the Keys waters.
—Lissette Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
Uncharted waters The Covid-19 pandemic was Powell’s most daunting challenge at the helm of the world’s most powerful central bank, economists and former Fed officials say.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Poor to hazardous boating conditions continue across offshore Volusia and Brevard County waters.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Hood and others see this as not just an attempt to right-size environmental rules that had become unnecessarily burdensome, but a massive chipping away at environmental safeguards that kept our public lands and waters relatively intact.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Considering the quantity of hydrocarbons that are naturally entering Gulf of Mexico waters, what exactly constitutes an environmental disaster?
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waters
Verb
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Drenching the nest and surrounding area with water drowns workers and possibly the queen, which disrupts the colony.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
10 June 2026
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The more militants are killed, the deeper the city drowns in militant Shia iconography.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Another Pearl Girl wets herself when the Eyes come for Thalia.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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Spray wets leaves and in the cool hours, leaves are susceptible to deadly molds and mildew.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Savage showers, washes the dishes in black gloves, takes out the trash and heads out for flowers and lingerie.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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After each print, the machine washes the leftover pigment from its gears, turning the once distinctly red and blue dyes into an oozing purple liquid.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
Verb
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This floods the market with a black box of undifferentiated output.—
Anshul Gupta,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Melatonin floods the brain and body, telling each cell that night has come.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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“Waters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waters. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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