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small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff
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Surreal images from the novel that could easily have looked silly on screen—a rivulet of blood winds its way across town, from the home where a character dies to his family’s abode, for example—retain their poetic profundity.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
Steaming rivulets of milky turquoise water flowed in channels beside the roadway.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
In some places, the rivulets had merged to form streams that had to be jumped across.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Here, the body of a scrawny Jesus gushes blood, sending a rivulet of scarlet down his crucifix and onto the ground below.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
Steaming rivulets of milky turquoise water flowed in channels beside the roadway.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
In some places, the rivulets had merged to form streams that had to be jumped across.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Here, the body of a scrawny Jesus gushes blood, sending a rivulet of scarlet down his crucifix and onto the ground below.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Rivulet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rivulet. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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rivulet
noun
riv·u·let
ˈriv-(y)ə-lət 
: a small stream
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