deep water
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Kennedy Shoal is a well-known fishing reef in deep water.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
“No one had ever filmed a tiger killing in deep water before,” Thapar recounts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
These debris flows transport nutrients and organic material into deep water while also lowering oxygen levels in the surrounding sediments.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
Our report found that by the time of the Deepwater Horizon calamity, federal regulators had been routinely rubber-stamping new ventures into deep water.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
Fear sank and settled at the bottom of the deep water.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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