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‘A pool can be constituted-of-or-filled-with water.’

[⟨det pool.nconstituted-of-or-filled-with.a (k water.n)]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Tree removal and new logging roads leave behind pools of standing water, and increased sunlight allowed by the destruction of forest canopy warms the pools, leading to algae growth.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Sqirlz Water Reflections is a way of adding rippling pools of water, and rain or snow effects, to images or existing AVI videos.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Someone drops a mundane electric appliance into a bathtub or some pool of water lying around.
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In the British National Corpus:

Blinds drawn down in the heat of the day had made an oasis of quiet shadow, a source of energy that could be drawn on now like a pool of pure water guarded from the dust of the track.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

divers step off a platform 21.3 m above a pool of water. according to the announcer, the divers enter the water at a speed of 25 m / s. air resistance may be ignored.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I always worry when I see pools of water that I have to drive through for this very reason.
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In Wikipedia:

There are large pools of water on the floor of the cave in which freshwater crocodiles have been found.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This guy fell about 40–50 feet into a pool of water that’s only about 10–15 feet deep and very rocky. somehow he managed to get away with, from what I could tell, only a broken and dislocated big toe, a gash in his heel that went to the bone (it had rocks stuck in it but I didn’t want to mess with them without anything to clean the wound with) and possibly a few broken bones in the foot itself.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

All it had taken were a few carefully planned words from Scorpius and there he was, kneeling in a pool of water and shivering and feeling empty and lonely yet again.
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In Wikipedia:

Within the cracks, there are pools of water, some with a depth of over 14 m.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Heading west I visited Simpson’s Gap, a pretty schism in the rolling red ranges with a pool of extremely cold water in the bottom (far too cold to swim in); Ellery Creek Bighole, a permanent rock pool with a lovely climb onto the surrounding mountains for a great view of the surrounding area; the Ochre Pits, an Aboriginal source of ochre, used for painting, healing and all sorts of stuff; Inarlanga Pass, a brisk walk from the Ochre Pits, and thankfully well away from the tourists; and Ormiston Gorge, my final stop and home to a picturesque camping ground.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It felt like I was drowning, only it wasn’t in any pool of water I’d ever been in my entire life.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But mosquitoes can find a home in much smaller pools of standing water, and frogs need water that is more established as their life cycles take longer to move from tadpole to frog.
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In Wikipedia:

From here the boat descends down another drop that banks to the right, and then climbs up slightly and makes a banked left – hand turn before descending down a small drop into another pool of water.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

During this time of year, we seldom get rain, so the water gets stagnant.. and vwalla, you have another germ infested pool of water, and with water restrictions in place, you can forget the sprinkler.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs, * for the early rains have covered it with pools of water.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The springs are simply small pools of hot water bubbling up from the ground.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Filed under: OpEd, Game ShowI love quirky and unique game shows as much as the next guy, but can you really base a whole show off of people trying to fit their bodies into a shape in a wall before they get pushed into a pool of water?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Vernal Pools: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t By Kathy Meyers WRWA Board member Westfield River Watershed Association Have you ever seen a pool of water in spring that disappears in summer?
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Queried on 2013-06-19.