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Recent Examples of tarn
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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Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes of liquid methane and ethane that are made of organic molecules, as are its hydrocarbon sand dunes.Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
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The cave is home to a subterranean lake that is perfectly lit throughout the day thanks to a hole in the cave's ceiling.Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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Hugh died a long time ago, but anyone who passes his creation can still freely sit on the edges of its pond and fish.Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Not to mention there’s the lingering threat of America imposing a 25 percent tariff on scotch whisky that has the industry on the other side of the pond worried as well.Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
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His commission provides water to about one-third of New Jersey, and its main reservoir, the Wanaque Reservoir, was at 45% capacity Wednesday.Melissa Chan, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Highland Park The historic neighborhood of this five-bedroom home is named for its vast park, which includes trails, reservoirs, the zoo, and the aquarium.The Week Staff, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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An education and rentals business, the Expedition School, has plans for a new boating dock and storage facility on the lagoon down the slope from the parking lot these residents have used for decades.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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New for 2024 is an eight-minute light show at the resort's lagoon.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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Wading into an icy loch for a brisk swim and burst of adrenaline.Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 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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“Tarn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tarn. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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