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Mobile Bay

American  
[moh-beel] / ˈmoʊ bil /

noun

  1. a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, in SW Alabama: Civil War naval battle 1864. 36 miles (58 km) long; 8–18 miles (13–29 km) wide.


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Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference held at a luxury resort on the waters of Mobile Bay, a shallow inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2024

Sprawling over 550 acres, only a few miles south of Fairhope, right along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay . . . it is exquisite.

From Salon ● May 4, 2023

But most of Clotilda didn’t catch fire, and as much as three-quarters of the ship remains in the Mobile River, which empties into Mobile Bay.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2022

To the south, in Baldwin County, as much as 250,000 gallons of waste water overflowed from sewage systems along Mobile Bay, officials said.

From Fox News ● Oct. 7, 2021

I figured it made me smell like I was Admiral Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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