variants
or bourne
as in brook
a natural body of running water smaller than a river
idyllic days that were spent rambling the length of the bourn that flowed through that peaceful vale
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Noun
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Insects drone over running brooks.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Close to Mount Snow, the property includes trails, a brook, fruit trees, and a swimming hole.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Zipping through old-growth spruce forests and even across frozen creeks on snowmobiles.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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The roughly $16 million effort aims to reduce incidents where heavy rain causes raw sewage — including fecal matter — to overflow into local creeks and streams.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Bourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourn. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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