reef
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The film cuts to a hummingbird sipping nectar from a flower on a cactus, a sea turtle floating over a coral reef, pink flamingos on a green lake, a snowflake, a butterfly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The reef is home to a small Philippine military outpost aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a rusting World War Two-era ship deliberately grounded there in 1999 to assert Manila's claim to the territory.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
It is likely that this reef is protected, for now, by its depths and the mountain's steep slopes.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
The tide was lower than expected, so the landing craft were hung up on a reef.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The boat had nearly reached the first gap in the reef.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Vocabulary lists containing reef
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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