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lagoon

[luh-goon] / ləˈgun /
NOUN
shallow body of water
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Alessandro Varese, who owns the well-known Blue Lagoon chip shop on Gordon Street and neighbouring Sexy Coffee, said both had been "completely destroyed".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Sobie and her children now sleep on the narrow broken platform where their house stood until a few weeks ago on Lagos Lagoon.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Michael Stocker, executive director of the acoustics group Ocean Conservation Research, has been leading whale-viewing trips to the gray whales’ breeding ground at San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja California since 2006.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The revamp began with construction of three imposing new bridges spanning the Ebrie Lagoon and several road interchanges.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

Thorn ran the few toadstools toward the Spector Lagoon, and as she entered through the curtain of the willows surrounding the area, what looked like hundreds of red eyes opened and blinked at once.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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