water at the mouth

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On a recent sweltering weekday morning, environmental scientist Rosi Dagit waded into the murky water at the mouth of the Los Angeles River.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Soon the dogs, expecting a meal, would start to water at the mouth at sound of the bell.

From Time Magazine Archive

The squadron passed through several narrow passages, and then came to a broad expanse of water at the mouth of the Drammen River.

From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver

These dogs are sent into the water at the mouth of a narrow creek or a small bay, where they bark and flounder about until the fish are frightened into the shallows.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport

In the still water at the mouth of the Riviere Mistook, just above the Rapide aux Cedres, we went ashore on a level wooded bank to make our first camp and cook our dinner.

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Van Dyke, Henry