Lake Michigan
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Third largest of the Great Lakes and largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States.
Example Sentences
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That plant is known as Palisades and sits just off Lake Michigan.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
That area is about two thirds the size of Lake Michigan.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026
Among the cold and imposing bodies in Chicago on Sunday: Lake Michigan and Lake, Quentin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026
For a moment, I felt myself transported, like a gale off Lake Michigan had carried us all back through time.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025
During heavy rains, river water flowed in a greasy plume far out into Lake Michigan, to the towers that marked the intake pipes for the city’s drinking water.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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