Examples of water main in a Sentence
The water main burst and flooded the street.
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Work then quickly resumed on the water main aspect of the project.
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Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
The water mains scheduled for replacement are among the nearly 800 miles of around century-old iron pipes ferrying water across the city.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
In Surrey, a burst water main might have flushed out weak sandstone bedrock beneath the road or caused the collapse of an old, unrecorded sand mine.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article Residents across Hoboken and Jersey City were left grappling with the consequences of a major water main break early Tuesday morning.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
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Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
The water mains scheduled for replacement are among the nearly 800 miles of around century-old iron pipes ferrying water across the city.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
In Surrey, a burst water main might have flushed out weak sandstone bedrock beneath the road or caused the collapse of an old, unrecorded sand mine.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article Residents across Hoboken and Jersey City were left grappling with the consequences of a major water main break early Tuesday morning.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Water main.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20main. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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