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"In the early 1900s, Los Angeles, growing fast and running out of water, bought land along either side of the Owens River, then built an aqueduct diverting the river\u2019s water 230 miles south to Los Angeles. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The torrent would have swept away piers supporting the aqueduct had a passing train on the island railroad not gone off its tracks and partly plugged the gap. \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"The city has permission to use alum this fall when work on a tunnel under the Hudson River will require the temporary disconnection of the aqueduct for the neighboring Delaware watershed. \u2014 Michael Hill, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Archaeologists announced the discovery, at the Armenian archaeological site of Artashat-Artaxata, of the easternmost Roman aqueduct . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Stefanie Smallhouse, a rancher who heads the Arizona Farm Bureau, said Arizona farmers who rely on water from the aqueduct , known as the Central Arizona Project, may have to fallow up to 40 percent of their acreage. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The interchange project also would include the relocation of a portion of the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District aqueduct , between the Utah and Salt Lake Canal and the South Jordan Canal, the study states. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Each diver could only go beneath the surface for about 30 minutes at a time and could not touch the bottom of the aqueduct as the disruption of silt on the bottom obscured visibility, Mims explained. \u2014 Cheri Mossburg, CNN , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Workers have been spraying a biodegradable neutralizer into the Dominguez Channel, a 15.7-mile aqueduct in southern Los Angeles County, but applying it during high tide allowed much of the chemical to wash away. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021"
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"Maine Mercury and other toxins are present in the blood and organs of not only sharks, but also other aquatic species. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Nov. 2021",
"An extension program at University of Minnesota teaches volunteers how to detect aquatic invasive species in local rivers and lakes. \u2014 Jill Zarestky, The Conversation , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Its numbers also declined with the introduction of predatory, non-native aquatic species. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 14 Oct. 2021",
"These rivers support the highest number of aquatic species and also the greatest values to people, including much of the harvest of freshwater fisheries, the primary source of protein for hundreds of millions of people. \u2014 Jeff Opperman, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Both plans call for public access, as well as extensive environmental rehabilitation of the area by removing industrial structures and restoring habitat for salmon, lamprey and other aquatic species. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Sep. 2021",
"The invasive carp are filter feeders that remove large quantities of plankton from the water and compete with native aquatic species for food and habitat. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Sep. 2021",
"The mystery snails aren't the only invasive aquatic species in the state. \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 15 June 2022",
"Ideally, community science research projects like the Dragonfly Mercury Project or aquatic invasive species monitoring would result in informed policy change. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The aquatic remains date between 86,000 and 106,000 years ago and were discovered in a small, cramped room of cave of Figueira Brava. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Golf Drive is close to schools and the Curtis Park-Holmes Aquatic Center, a summer aquatic , social and recreational hub. \u2014 Dallas News , 23 Aug. 2020",
"The researchers extracted fat molecules from powdered samples of the ceramics to look for signs that meat from either aquatic or land animals had been cooked in them. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 Feb. 2020",
"The city will cap the number of people attending aquatics classes. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 29 May 2020",
"Those who want to go to aquatics centers will need to register in advance for time slots, masks are encouraged except when in the water, and the locker rooms and showers will be closed. \u2014 Hunter Johnson, Dallas News , 22 May 2020",
"The southwest Valley suburb\u2019s aquatics center, recreation center, senior center and both libraries remain closed until further notice. \u2014 Lorraine Longhi, azcentral , 15 May 2020",
"Crespi\u2019s new aquatics center featuring a 50-meter Myrtha pool is scheduled to open in August. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
"With several plans to choose from, 10 move-in ready homes and amenities including a 16-acre tennis and aquatics center, golf club, sportsplex, parks and trails and a lifestyle director, now is an ideal time to call Woodforest home. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2020"
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"The family are like fish in an automotive aquarium , with this immense, unpopulated ocean on the other side of the glass. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Through experiments in an aquarium and the ocean, the researchers studied whether hermit crabs would be able to escape the tires. \u2014 Sherry Liang, CNN , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Just three months later, 11-year-old Esther Lebowitz (in the novel, she\u2019s named Tessie Fine) was murdered in the basement of a popular local aquarium store. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 24 May 2022",
"Warren had watched but never collected her own biopsy, practicing with the bow at the aquarium \u2019s field house in Maine. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Our aquarium was endlessly shifted around the house for better feng shui (to the dismay of our fish). \u2014 Belinda Huijuan Tang, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"Plus, see local aquatic species in the Ohio Lakes and Rivers portion of the aquarium . \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The Houston branch of this aquarium also has a tiger exhibit and a stingray feeding exhibit. \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 20 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s part of the aquarium \u2019s two-day Earth Day celebration from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 23 and 24. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Painted in purple and aqua , the restaurant is otherwise plain and practical. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"In its soft-cut blocks \u2014 orange, aqua and gold, underpinned by an angular haze of black \u2014 Avery is poking fun at his friend Rothko and his oppressive fogs of color, or Newman, with his rigid compartmentalization. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"On the drydown, these give way to reveal deeper notes of mint, violet, aqua , sage, tea, oakmoss, and amber. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022",
"The Hawkins Class of 1986 Eye Palette ($45) has all of the staple tones of the '80s, including Surfer Boy Pizza (nude-pink), Hawkins High (dark green), and Melvald's General Store (bright aqua . \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 12 May 2022",
"In the video, the beauty mogul is wearing a bra and panty set in a beautiful aqua blue with her hair wrapped up in a towel. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 7 May 2022",
"The actress stunned in a copper Atelier Versace gown, which paid homage to the city of New York and featured a reversible train, which the mom of three flipped halfway up the Met stairs, revealing an aqua side that cascaded down behind her. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"The dining room, painted in purple and aqua , is otherwise plain and practical. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Inside the Oasis, the walls are painted in serene shades of sage and aqua and hung with glossy photographs of the woods. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"Latin \u2014 more at island":""
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"transitive verb"
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"As German troops marched in the streets of Copenhagen, chemist George de Hevesy stashed the medals in aqua regia , an acid strong enough to dissolve gold. \u2014 National Geographic , 2 Oct. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its static rage behind closed doors crackles close in my ears with a tincture of aqua fortis . \u2014 Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Its static rage behind closed doors crackles close in my ears with a tincture of aqua fortis . \u2014 Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Its static rage behind closed doors crackles close in my ears with a tincture of aqua fortis . \u2014 Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Its static rage behind closed doors crackles close in my ears with a tincture of aqua fortis . \u2014 Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Its static rage behind closed doors crackles close in my ears with a tincture of aqua fortis . \u2014 Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Its static rage behind closed doors crackles close in my ears with a tincture of aqua fortis . \u2014 Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Its static rage behind closed doors crackles close in my ears with a tincture of aqua fortis . \u2014 Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Its static rage behind closed doors crackles close in my ears with a tincture of aqua fortis . \u2014 Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021"
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"The aquarium is also the first outside Japan to propagate salmon snailfish, according to senior aquarist Alicia Bitondo. \u2014 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Mar. 2022",
"For the event, the aquarium's senior aquarist , Dylan Salamone, tossed two small branded footballs \u2014 each featuring the logo of one of the Super Bowl 2022 teams \u2014 into Rasal's exhibit and let the seal choose which one to retrieve. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The ambitious conservation translocation project began in 1998 when English aquarist Ivan Dibble arrived at Michoac\u00e1n University with some very precious cargo\u2014five pairs of tequila fish from England\u2019s Chester Zoo. \u2014 Sarah Durn, Wired , 29 Jan. 2022",
"At Seacoast, Haddie will have a peaceful life and is sure to be a hit with visitors, said Robert Royer, senior aquarist for the seaside institution at Odiorne Point State Park. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Nov. 2021",
"At Seacoast, Haddie will have a peaceful life and is sure to be a hit with visitors, said Robert Royer, senior aquarist for the seaside institution at Odiorne Point State Park. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Nov. 2021",
"One day, an aquarist brought Van Bonn a bullfrog that had hurt its leg while wrestling with another male of the species. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2021",
"At Seacoast, Haddie will have a peaceful life and is sure to be a hit with visitors, said Robert Royer, senior aquarist for the seaside institution at Odiorne Point State Park. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Nov. 2021",
"At Seacoast, Haddie will have a peaceful life and is sure to be a hit with visitors, said Robert Royer, senior aquarist for the seaside institution at Odiorne Point State Park. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Nov. 2021"
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": a landscaped area having a prominent natural or constructed aquatic feature (such as a pond or fountain)":[
"Success with a water body in a garden, no matter what form it takes\u2014from the simplest bird bath to the most complex management of an aquascape \u2014depends on some basic dynamics.",
"\u2014 Kim Morris"
],
": an arrangement of elements (such as plants and rocks) in an aquarium intended to create the appearance of a natural aquatic environment":[
"Fish tanks that once showcased plastic plants and bubbling scuba divers are being transformed into \" aquascapes ,\" filled with exotic tropical ferns, water grasses, mosses and miniature water lilies.",
"\u2014 Susan Balcom"
]
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"\u02c8\u00e4-kw\u0259-\u02ccsk\u0101p",
"\u02c8a-"
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"1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"definitions":{
"a Roman division of southwestern Gaul under Caesar consisting of the area between the Pyrenees Mountains and the Garonne River and under Augustus expanded as far as the Loire and Allier rivers":[]
},
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"\u02cca-kw\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-ny\u0259",
"-n\u0113-\u0259"
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"type":[
"combining form"
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": water":[
"aqui culture",
"aqui ferous",
"aqua cade"
]
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"Latin aqui- , from aqua":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195555"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u00e4-kw\u0259-\u02ccv\u0113t"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stir in 1 more teaspoon aquavit , and refrigerate 1 hour. \u2014 Kathleen Squires, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The drink on Page 127 is a play on a Sazerac, made with an amaro, Bigillet China-China, plus rye whiskey, bitters and an aquavit rinse; 163 is a highball of amontillado sherry, Cynar, creme de cassis and tonic water. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Aug. 2021",
"The idea is as Norwegian as cross-country skis and aquavit . \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, National Geographic , 11 Sep. 2020",
"The same can be said for this DIY aquavit from chef Emma Bengtsson. \u2014 WSJ , 1 July 2020",
"Apple brandy is infused with chamomile and mixed with Tattersall\u2019s best-in-class aquavit , Americano and a squeeze of lemon for one of our favorite cocktails of the year, and maybe one of our favorites period. \u2014 Jess Fleming, Twin Cities , 25 Dec. 2019",
"Toast the spices over medium heat until fragrant, about 3 minutes, then remove the pot from the heat and slowly add the aquavit . \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Open Tuesday-Saturday at 1085 Mission St.; www.birdsongsf.com Scandinavian small plates and housemade aquavit are the focus at this cozy spot located inside the Inn at the Opera, just steps from the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. \u2014 Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News , 22 Aug. 2019",
"The eatery in West Hollywood is tapping Elton John as the muse for Rocket Man, a $15 cocktail shaken with mezcal, aquavit , lime, Fino sherry, gentian liqueur and arugula, which provides the vivid green tint as well as the healthy garnish. \u2014 Khanh T.l. Tran, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 July 2019"
],
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"Swedish, Dan, & Norwegian akvavit , from Medieval Latin aqua vitae":""
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"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222044"
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"noun"
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"-ny\u0259",
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"Aqua-Lung":{
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"trademark"
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"\u02c8\u00e4-kw\u0259-\u02ccl\u0259\u014b",
"\u02c8a-"
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"town in west central Kazakhstan population 345,687":[]
