Mississippi Sound
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Minerva Gloria is docked at a wharf in the Mississippi Sound, not far from the US's vast oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
I zipped past shipbuilding facilities and refineries, before cruising by grand historic homes watching over the Mississippi Sound.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Opening the spillway diverts Mississippi River water to Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne, after which it flows to the Mississippi Sound in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Army Corps of Engineers opened a Louisiana spillway, pouring more than 10 trillion gallons of freshwater laced with fertilizer, pesticides, sewage and other pollutants into the Mississippi Sound.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2019
Built to resist an attack from Mississippi Sound, the work was weak in the direction of the bay.
From Admiral Farragut by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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