As for the cows of the Hauraki Plains, for them the gulf is the local long-drop.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Justice Department lawyers were sent to the gulf weeks ago to monitor the spill.
From the washingtonpost.com
He should have understood the sensitivity between Iran and other gulf countries.
From the latimes.com
Unfortunately you used The gulf for PERSIAN GULF and it is completely incorrect.
From the economist.com
Already, the oil spill in the gulf has caused BP shares to drop to $30 from $60.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
Saudi Arabia dominates all the gulf states and will intervene to prevent change.
From the guardian.co.uk
Gulf Shores March 30, theft from a business was reported on Gulf Shores Parkway.
From the al.com
An estimated leak of 1,000 barrels of oil a day are still leaking into the gulf.
From the kansas.com
Nick cannot cross the gulf of culpability to assume responsibility for his life.
From the denverpost.com
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An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"
A deep wide chasm
Gulf (1949) is a novella by Robert A. Heinlein, originally published as a serial in the November and December 1949 issues of Astounding Science Fiction. It concerns a secret society of geniuses who act to protect humanity. The novel Friday, written in 1982, was loosely a sequel.
A gulf is a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea.
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.Working Paper No. ...
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin; That which swallows; the gullet. w:William Shakespeare; That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. ...