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lagoon

[luh-goon] / ləˈgun /
NOUN
shallow body of water
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After a false start at a resort off Trieste, he arrives in Venice and rides across the lagoon to nearby Lido.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

When the BBC was in Makoko, boys were sitting along the lagoon, repairing their broken fishing nets.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

These tracks were formed on the muddy edge of a lagoon around 170 million years ago and have puzzled scientists for decades.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

“When we started going, there would be 400 adult whales in the lagoon, including 100 moms and their babies,” he told me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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