bayou
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Horton-built house in Slidell, La., with a ramp to the porch, a wide doorway and a community pond in the backyard that reminded her husband of his childhood on the bayou.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Based in Houma, in the heart of the Louisiana bayou, they began enjoying increased prices for their catch last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
Pratt was stout, compact and level-eyed, with a raspy drawl bespeaking his childhood on the Louisiana bayou.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
As various musical styles ebb and flow into one another, this fictional bayou feels fully alive.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2024
I turn and run, shouting Sandy’s name up and down the bayou, but he doesn’t answer.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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