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lake

[leyk] / leɪk /


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Based on the items found inside the barrel, investigators believe it may have been at the bottom of the lake since the 1980s, when water levels were significantly higher.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The lake shores supported a remarkable variety of herbivores.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Dianelis Molina Cruz told CBS affiliate KLAS: "My friend was playing with the rocks in the lake, and then he grabbed the jaw. And when he looked, he saw the teeth and everything."

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Local farmers have also poured in to help, working shifts to oversee a ballet of tractors pulling in tankers of water from a nearby lake.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

There was a full moon and when we first started the night run we went across a lake, a beautiful, long lake, in the moonlight.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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