Lesser Slave Lake

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a lake in central Alberta, Canada, draining E via the Lesser Slave River to the Athabasca River. 451 sq. mi. (1,168 sq. km).

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How to use Lesser Slave Lake in a sentence

The other songs go in to lesser percentages of “me” as you move along.
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An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
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The “waters of Lake Minnetonka” may have been purifying, but they were also freezing.
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I am reminded of the story of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, VT) walking along the shores of Lake Champlain.
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Some lesser-known live performances from the late rock legend.
Joe Cocker's Deep Live Cuts|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
Haggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.
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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
But I have never once thought of believing that they were specially created to be lesser lights to the Earth.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford