Definitions
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- noun a lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades
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Examples
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A lot of it will dump right over Lake Okeechobee, which is about three feet below normal.
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So the Army Corps of Engineers in the lead-up to the last hurricane season, which was predicted to be terrible, they dumped a foot and a half of water out of Lake Okeechobee, which is a 700 square mile lake.
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TUCHMAN: Well, that's a major concern, because Lake Okeechobee, which is inland, is one of our follow-up places in the state of Florida.
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He is on the northern edge of Lake Okeechobee which is expecting to - but the eye actually passing very near him sometime in the next few hours or so.
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The drought is wilting crops across the state, sparking wildfires and sinking Lake Okeechobee— one of the country's largest lakes — to historically low levels.
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The drought is wilting crops across the state, sparking wildfires and sinking Lake Okeechobee— one of the country's largest lakes — to historically low levels.
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The water level of Lake Okeechobee — which supplies water to millions of people in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties in Florida — was recently reported at 11.59 feet, says Susan Sylvester, the director of operations control for the water management district.
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When Miriam said she was sending me to a seminary near Lake Okeechobee, I had expected clean air and blue sky, golf carts that puttered around on electricity, computers that hummed invitingly, sleek buildings and celestial sidewalks so white they blinded the eye, a welcoming committee several years removed from death.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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When Miriam said she was sending me to a seminary near Lake Okeechobee, I had expected clean air and blue sky, golf carts that puttered around on electricity, computers that hummed invitingly, sleek buildings and celestial sidewalks so white they blinded the eye, a welcoming committee several years removed from death.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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Meanwhile supporting forces moved into a blocking position between Lake Okeechobee and the Atlantic coast.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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