Mississippi Sound
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Minerva Gloria is docked at a wharf in the Mississippi Sound, not far from the US's vast oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
I zipped past shipbuilding facilities and refineries, before cruising by grand historic homes watching over the Mississippi Sound.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
That state’s oyster stocks, already in sharp decline, collapsed after the Mississippi Sound was swamped by Mississippi River floodwaters released through the Bonnet Carre Spillway in 2019.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2022
The influx of freshwater in the brackish Mississippi Sound damaged oyster, blue crab and shrimp fisheries.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2019
You've never been for a hay-ride and fish-fry on the shores of the Mississippi Sound, have you?
From The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories by Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore
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