Okeechobee
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Cyanobacterial-laden waters have often been released down the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee into the Indian River Lagoon.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2025
Equally challenging to grasp is the idea that the whole new lake, as big as it sounds, will fill to capacity if only 6 inches of Lake Okeechobee is sent its way.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
The Okeechobee mess, caused mainly by phosphorus-based agricultural fertilizers, festered out of the public consciousness for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
In addition to protecting many animal species, the new EPA policy would extend to many endangered plant species like the Leedy's roseroot, the Mead's milkweed, the Okeechobee gourd and the Palmate-bracted bird's beak.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2023
The dirty canal along Okeechobee Road became the sparkling blue Mariposa River.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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