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Bonneville

American  
[bon-uh-vil] / ˈbɒn əˌvɪl /

noun

  1. Lake, a prehistoric lake in Utah, E Nevada, and S Idaho: Great Salt Lake is its remnant. 350 miles (564 km) long.


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In 1984, he began learning the complicated world of power trading when he got a job at the Bonneville Power Administration, a federal agency that supplies electricity to about a third of the Pacific Northwest.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

For decades they ran on low-price hydropower from federal utilities, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Northwest’s Bonneville Power Administration.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

Between 20,000 and 30,000 years ago, the region was covered by Lake Bonneville, a massive freshwater lake.

From Science Daily Jan. 10, 2026

As a sidenote, I had to ask Bonneville about whether he's planning to go and see the new Paddington musical.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

The first page was typewritten, a title page, and it said: An Analysis of Some Philosophical Implications of the Rusakov Field, by Gerard Bonneville, Ph.D.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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