as in pool
a small often deep body of water splashing in the puddles on the way home from the bus stop

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Recent Examples of puddle One of the most notable was May 20, 2023, in Foxborough, Massachusetts, when the singer pushed puddles of rain off her piano. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 Black women have been asking it persistently and unapologetically for years: Why does the dating pool feel more like a puddle? Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2025 The onion supplier behind a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders this past fall had numerous health and sanitation violations, including employees with unwashed hands, dirty equipment, and puddles of Listeria bacteria. Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025 Instead, water puddles on the impervious surfaces of heat islands. Dr. Rob Moir, Boston Herald, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for puddle

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“Puddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puddle. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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