basin
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It will make Centalion a major player in the Haynesville basin, a prolific gas patch straddling Texas and Louisiana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Every day Yvan Durig, owner and captain of the Lac des Brenets navigation company, measures the level of the remaining basin of water which is shrinking away at the very deepest bit of the lake.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Even so, their results indicate that the carbon isotope anomaly preserved at Zaonega was driven mainly by events within the local sedimentary basin rather than by a global disturbance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Across the waterlogged basin, it rained almost 8 inches over New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
I kept looking into the basin, but nothing happened, and after a long time, Mami let me get up.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Gulf Coast refineries benefit from lower-cost crude coming from Texas oil basins such as the Permian and Eagle Ford.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
In a study of 916 seawater samples from six ocean basins, nearly 80% of identifiable fibers were cellulosic—including cotton—another 12% were wool or silk and just 8% were synthetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The aqueduct seemed to make the city’s founding river not just obsolete but dangerous, so construction began on catch basins, dams and reservoirs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
For a seventh year in a row, the number of river basins globally experiencing "normal" conditions were in a clear minority in 2025.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the separate kitchen at the back, his wife pours basins of hot water for us to wash.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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