Example Sentences

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The Woods said bears are known to wander into people’s backyards, often drawn by gardens and ponds, but that they typically flee at the sight of humans.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

If there were a statewide measure for commercial businesses, many would probably have to build retention ponds or swales to filter out contaminants before water percolates underground.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

As remarkable as the spectacle itself is its location, the cooling ponds of a coal-fired powerplant an hour’s drive southeast of Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Most producers rely on solar evaporation, a process that pumps brine into enormous outdoor ponds and leaves it exposed to the sun for months or even years until enough water evaporates.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Through the green and yellow treetops below us I could see the water of one of the ponds sparkling in the sun.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien