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Recent Examples of inlet
Drainage inlets in the area will be reconstructed as well, the announcement says.
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Laura Fay, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025
For the first time in fourteen years, Repulse Bay did not have any large narwhal group migrate through its inlets near the town. . .
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Operators of another boat happened to be on the phone with the Coast Guard checking conditions in the inlet and reported the vessel, the Moonstruck, capsizing, according to The Coastland Times.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inlet
Noun
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These wooden party places grace the bay, with stilts planted in the bottom.—
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Asher's wife had told the Coast Guard that her husband did not typicaly wear a life vest while out on the bay, where his boat was found, and also could not swim.—
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The lagoon is the most biologically diverse estuary on the nation’s east coast, but the manatees, birds and fish that call it home are suffering dramatically from the death of seagrass and the abundance of noxious algae that thrive on polluted water.—
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Get On The Water Matlacha is surrounded by mangroves and estuaries full of wildlife like dolphins, rays, and manatees.—
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Most Balinese resorts sell isolation in the form of remote clifftops, jungle retreats or private coves.—
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Online booking platforms have helped regular tourists to secure seats ahead of time for this short but significant connection to Siquijor, an island known for waterfalls, white-sand coves, and folklore.—
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“Inlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inlet. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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