Lake Forest

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noun

a city in NE Illinois, N of Chicago, on Lake Michigan.

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He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The “waters of Lake Minnetonka” may have been purifying, but they were also freezing.
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From the History of ‘Purple Rain’|Jennie Yabroff|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I am reminded of the story of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, VT) walking along the shores of Lake Champlain.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It fundamentally changes the architecture of forest canopies,” says Watson.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The birds poop all over the forest, and thanks to the viscin, the mistletoe seeds in said poop stick to branches.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, they were not seen to venture far into the surrounding deciduous forest.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
They also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
A small but beautiful river debouches from the lake at its west end, and the town is grouped around this outlet.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
He swims every day in the river; he fishes from his bamboo raft; he hunts in the forest with his father.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade