Australian
as in pool
a small often deep body of water taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong

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Recent Examples of billabong Sonia Namarnyilk layered three stencils to print complex patterns of mermaid-like water spirits, their fluid, bright orange undulations interspersed with playful turtles and rippling billabong plants. Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 Fifteen million years ago, a river carved through the jungle, leaving an oxbow lake (known as a billabong in Australia) in its wake at McGraths Flat. New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 As iron-rich runoff from nearby basalt mountains seeped into the billabong, the pool’s low pH caused the iron to precipitate and encase the organic material. New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 The plants and creatures were fossilized when iron-rich groundwater drained into a billabong, or water hole. Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022 Recreation in the summer shrinks to barbecues, swimming in the billabong, and drinking stubbies, or bottles of beer, on Big Red under the stars. Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2016
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  • Edmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman has an opportunity to impact the prospect pool this spring with a successful signing season vital to the team’s future.
    Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The Dodgers, who have long been interested in Sasaki after scouting him for years and traveling to Japan on numerous occasions, knew how important the international bonus pool would be in landing Sasaki.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • Animal lovers have been left in stitches at a dog that was far too eager to try running across a frozen puddle.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • On the front is an inlaid hexagonal piece of original 'puddle iron' from the Eiffel Tower with the Paris 2024 Games emblem engraved at the center.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • When continental ice sheets melt, water comes off in big rivers that dig lakes in stream valleys and pile up gravels as hills.
    John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • As the Green Heart of Italy, Umbria also has many opportunities to explore beautiful scenery, with rolling hills and beautiful waterfalls, lakes and rivers.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025

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“Billabong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billabong. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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