Gulf of Mexico

¹ Cultural  

1. Part of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by the southeast coast of the United States and the east coast of Mexico.

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Gulf of Mexico ² Cultural  

1. Gulf bordered by the southeast coast of the United States and the east coast of Mexico.

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Example Sentences

BP has already made changes this year, stepping back from some renewable investments and investing heavily to drill in the Gulf of Mexico.

From Barron's

The proposal includes waters off the north coast of Alaska that have never been drilled before, in the Gulf of Mexico -- which the administration calls the Gulf of America -- and off California.

From Barron's

Alaska has about 25 billion barrels and the Gulf of Mexico has nearly 30 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable resources, according to BOEM.

From Los Angeles Times

By early June this year, an estimated 38 million tons of Sargassum drifted toward the coastlines of the Caribbean islands, the Gulf of Mexico, and northern South America, setting an unfortunate new record.

From Science Daily

The announcement, which could come later this week, is also expected to include a proposal for drilling around Alaska and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal