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pond

[pond] / pɒnd /


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Many have pondered why Mexicans and Mexican Americans have such an affinity for those blokes from across the pond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

In 2008, he expanded the property by picking up a 3.2-acre pond in the front of the home for $20 million.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

At least 1,300 people helped to try to find him in the following 24 hours, before a child's body was discovered on Wednesday afternoon at a nearby pond.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

France’s Ipsen IPN 0.51%increase; green up pointing triangle is considering building a production site in the U.S., joining other European drugmakers looking across the pond when planning new investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Gingersnipes emerged with a long, flat stick, and they set sail across the sludgy pond.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Heng and reaching the banks of the Xiang River, the city’s “vast rice fields extend into lotus ponds with fish gliding in and out of the huge fanlike lotus leaves,” she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The strong presence of mosquito remains also lends support to the idea that prey carcasses may sometimes have been stored in ponds or marshy environments, where mosquitoes would have laid their eggs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

It also plans to create more ponds and wet areas around the site which can be used as a source of water to pump onto fires.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

“A resort-style pool, tranquil lily ponds, meandering pathways, shaded terraces, and a full-size tennis court create moments of both recreation and quiet reflection, where the sounds of nature replace the pace of everyday life.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

In Florida, fish from ponds in a treated area were found to contain residues of heptachlor and a derived chemical, heptachlor epoxide.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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