millpond
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He claims that "like other palaces", Lambeth attracts "courtiers" whose main priority is to maintain a "still millpond" with "a minimum of activity".
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2013
Simon Jordan's book, Be Careful What You Wish For, is a hand grenade into the millpond of any such wishful thinking.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2012
The girl, possibly a young cousin of William Shakespeare, had been picking flowers when she fell into a millpond near Stratford upon Avon.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2011
For anyone slightly confused by that clumsy attempt at sarcasm, the Daily Telegraph has chucked a rock into the millpond this morning.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2010
She saw trees, boulders, the millpond, and, high above them, a bright glimpse of blue sky.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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