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Recent Examples of reef
Okaloosa County commissioners voted in October to buy the SS United States for $10 million and use it as an artificial reef.
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Wear Staff, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
As keystone species, parrotfish play a critical part in maintaining coral reef health by grazing on macroalgae that would otherwise suffocate coral—clearing space for reefs to regenerate.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Studies have found that chemical sunscreens contain ingredients that are toxic to reefs, and since 2018, bans have been adopted by the state of Hawaii, the Republic of Palau, the island of Bonaire, the city of Key West, Fla., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Between May and early December, the Maldives Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve draws hundreds of reef manta rays to its plankton-rich currents.
—Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
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Wear Staff, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
As keystone species, parrotfish play a critical part in maintaining coral reef health by grazing on macroalgae that would otherwise suffocate coral—clearing space for reefs to regenerate.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Studies have found that chemical sunscreens contain ingredients that are toxic to reefs, and since 2018, bans have been adopted by the state of Hawaii, the Republic of Palau, the island of Bonaire, the city of Key West, Fla., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Between May and early December, the Maldives Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve draws hundreds of reef manta rays to its plankton-rich currents.
—Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reef
Noun
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The couple shared their shocking experience in a now-viral TikTok video, warning others about the dangers of unsafe food handling.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Aside from crime, the advisory spotlights the dangers around jet skiing and boating in the Bahamas, noting that the boating industry is not well regulated and some watercraft are not licensed, which has led to injury and death.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yet at least one in three Americans lives in a place where the air is still a health hazard.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025
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Its signature hazard is the 60-feet-long bunker placed in the middle of the fairway, about 100 yards from the green.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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This is not because the shows currently on are in some sort of immediate peril but rather because there isn’t a clear next generation or growth in the medium.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Our pollinators in in peril, a new study released this week suggests.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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And, if some of our fellow-citizens basically bring actors to power who are clearly no longer on board with freedom and equality for all, then the burden is on them to restore our trust.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The cost burden will hit lower-income shoppers, who spend a greater share of their income on essentials, the hardest.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Reef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reef. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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