deep water
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“No one had ever filmed a tiger killing in deep water before,” Thapar recounts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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
Companies worried about overdependence on American shale oil and gas resources are looking at deep water exploration opportunities.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
During the last Ice Age, the cold and very dense deep water that currently forms around Antarctica did not spread as widely as it does today.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025
I ran past the devilfish and got between him and the deep water.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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