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Six example sentences with coral, each labelled with its topic.
The sculptor cast her reef series in bronze after diving to sketch living coral, whose branching forms no studio could invent.
Art
Underwater photographers wait for the calm hour over the reef, when the coral shows its colors without a cloud of stirred sand.
Photography
Older houses on the island are built from blocks of coral cut from the dead reef, and the walls stay cool all summer.
Architecture
Warm water bleached the coral white along forty miles of reef, and only patches recovered when temperatures dropped.
Environment
Snorkelers drift over the coral in the sheltered lagoon, and the boat crew asks everyone not to stand on it.
Travel
Jewellers once paid a fortune for red coral from the Mediterranean, and the trade emptied whole beds within decades.
Business
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