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Recent Examples of billabong
Sonia Namarnyilk layered three stencils to print complex patterns of mermaid-like water spirits, their fluid, bright orange undulations interspersed with playful turtles and rippling billabong plants.
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Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
Fifteen million years ago, a river carved through the jungle, leaving an oxbow lake (known as a billabong in Australia) in its wake at McGraths Flat.
—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
As iron-rich runoff from nearby basalt mountains seeped into the billabong, the pool’s low pH caused the iron to precipitate and encase the organic material.
—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
The plants and creatures were fossilized when iron-rich groundwater drained into a billabong, or water hole.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
Recreation in the summer shrinks to barbecues, swimming in the billabong, and drinking stubbies, or bottles of beer, on Big Red under the stars.
—Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billabong
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Interestingly, apart from the college meets, which are usually held in a 25-yard pool, the swimmer is also set to showcase her skills at the 2024 World Short Course championships, which are held in a 25-meter pool.Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Altogether, the contemporary beach retreat comprises a five-bedroom main house, a pool house and two one-bedroom guest dwellings across the two-third-acre parcel.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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Price’s notice to the sheriff on Friday comes nearly three years to the day after Monk, 45, was declared dead after being found face-down in his cell next to a puddle of urine and uneaten food, according to a lawsuit filed by his family that resulted in a $7 million settlement with the county.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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On Tuesday night on WWE NXT, Ripley was attacked by Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez in her car, leaving the Australian in a puddle of her own blood.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes of liquid methane and ethane that are made of organic molecules, as are its hydrocarbon sand dunes.Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Salton Sea is a large, shallow, saline lake in the Salton Basin, a desert area between the Imperial Valley and the Coachella Valley.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Billabong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billabong. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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