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Six example sentences with gulf, each labelled with its topic.
We sailed three days across the gulf, with land visible on both sides until the water finally opened out.
Travel
Warm water pushed deep into the gulf that summer, and the shrimp beds along both enclosing coasts collapsed.
Environment
Traders crossed the gulf for centuries, hugging the enclosing shores because open ocean lay far beyond their small boats.
History
Oceanographers track how river water spreads across the gulf in spring before it mixes with the saltier open sea.
Science
The restaurant buys its oysters from the shallow gulf, where the enclosing shores keep the water calm and warm.
Cooking
Half the region's grain leaves through ports on the gulf, so a week of storms there raises freight costs far inland.
Economics
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