basin
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Widespread smoke impacts are expected in the L.A. basin, on Catalina Island and the Coachella Valley, too.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
After the Pacific, the Mediterranean basin holds the highest number of historical tsunamis recorded, of which several have impacted France’s Côte d’Azur coastline.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
"The dark grey, achromatic basin was not incidental to the design," it says.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
U.S. fracking pioneer Harold Hamm is making a big bet that Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale deposit could become as productive as the Permian basin in Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Soon as we got to Grandpa’s from the cemetery, Mama took Mary Toy’s taffeta dress off and stuck her head in the wash basin on the back porch.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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"Of Mice and Men"
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