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The two main tarns on this trail are flanked by subalpine meadows with a variety of shrubs and wildflowers that change colors in the fall.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
What didn’t end up in a New Orleanian’s blood ended up filling every pothole in the Quarter—a bubbly black tarn of viscid vice.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
One fuselage is deposited in an enormous hangar, used as a backlot on the slopes of the Sierra: the second one is nearly buried in artificial snow, and surrounded by olive trees; the third is found above the Sierra Nevada’s high mountain tarn La Laguna de las Yeguas, at around 10,000 feet.
—Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022
In the morning, kick off the day’s driving with a 30-minute excursion to visit the enormous sapphire tarn of Mono Lake, an alkaline expanse freckled with tufa spires, pinnacles formed by calcium carbonate interacting with freshwater springs in the lakebed.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2022
Pass Grant Lake, a deep blue tarn nestled in the sagebrush.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in a mountain cirque surrounded by snowfields and battered by storms.
—Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
Follow the winding trail toward the base of O'Malley Peak to a striking, dark tarn called Deep Lake.
—Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018
In 1951, some 885 square miles of Cumbrian hills and tarns (mountain pools) were designated as a national park, Britain’s largest and, with 18 million annual visitors, its most popular.
—Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
What didn’t end up in a New Orleanian’s blood ended up filling every pothole in the Quarter—a bubbly black tarn of viscid vice.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
One fuselage is deposited in an enormous hangar, used as a backlot on the slopes of the Sierra: the second one is nearly buried in artificial snow, and surrounded by olive trees; the third is found above the Sierra Nevada’s high mountain tarn La Laguna de las Yeguas, at around 10,000 feet.
—Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022
In the morning, kick off the day’s driving with a 30-minute excursion to visit the enormous sapphire tarn of Mono Lake, an alkaline expanse freckled with tufa spires, pinnacles formed by calcium carbonate interacting with freshwater springs in the lakebed.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2022
Pass Grant Lake, a deep blue tarn nestled in the sagebrush.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in a mountain cirque surrounded by snowfields and battered by storms.
—Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
Follow the winding trail toward the base of O'Malley Peak to a striking, dark tarn called Deep Lake.
—Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018
In 1951, some 885 square miles of Cumbrian hills and tarns (mountain pools) were designated as a national park, Britain’s largest and, with 18 million annual visitors, its most popular.
—Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tarn
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By Zoë Schlanger When delegates of the world gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week for the most important yearly meeting on climate change, their meetings will overlook a reeking lake, polluted by the oil fields on the other side.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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With warm fall days, hundreds of vineyards to explore, close access to ski slopes during the winter, outdoor activities on the lakes and in the mountains the rest of the year and a year-round foodie culture, the Okanagan has something for all types of vacationers.Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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The whale is a cartoonish bright blue, and sits on an idyllic pond full of fish and turtles.Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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The recommendation comes days after the city fixed a leaky Brooklyn hydrant that fed a homespun goldfish pond on the sidewalk.Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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Created in 1963 by constructing the Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell was intended to be a critical water storage reservoir for the arid western United States.Tom Howarth FOLLOW, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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There's also a slim rectangular water reservoir built into the side of the machine.Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The erosion and runoff that follow affect the water quality and increase the sedimentation of rivers and lagoons.Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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The reflections of the town’s palm trees now shimmer across the expanse of a new lagoon, framed by steep sand dunes.Laura Paddison, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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The film features local fisherman, Mylo, who claims to have been attacked by the creature, and who runs a Loch Ness Monster tourist show on the banks of the loch.Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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Guests then hop over to Edinburgh, Scotland, for seven nights on board the Belmond Royal Scotsman, weaving their way by scenic lochs and rocky peaks on a roundtrip journey through the Highlands.Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
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“Tarn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tarn. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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