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Recent Examples of culvert
Horses are meant to be on all fours, not stuck on their rear ends in a cement culvert.
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Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2024
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office in Port Washington on Lake Michigan's western shore reported a child's skeleton was found in a culvert on Oct. 4, 1959, in the city of Mequon, nearly 20 miles north of Milwaukee.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
By 1958, part of the stream in Elm Grove was developed over, and routed into a concrete culvert, which no longer absorbed the water as the wetland did.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
In May 2015, one pipeline ruptured and gushed oil into a culvert under Highway 101 and eventually discharged into the Pacific Ocean.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2024
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office in Port Washington on Lake Michigan's western shore reported a child's skeleton was found in a culvert on Oct. 4, 1959, in the city of Mequon, nearly 20 miles north of Milwaukee.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
By 1958, part of the stream in Elm Grove was developed over, and routed into a concrete culvert, which no longer absorbed the water as the wetland did.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
In May 2015, one pipeline ruptured and gushed oil into a culvert under Highway 101 and eventually discharged into the Pacific Ocean.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culvert
Noun
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California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.—
Virginia Iglesias,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But Kelly had fallen into a gully, obscuring the line of sight of rescuers on the ground.—
Tristan Kennedy,
WIRED,
7 Oct. 2024
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Officials added that a piece of smoldering material may have been blown into an adjacent, dry gully and caused the rekindling.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
3 Oct. 2024
Noun
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In photos obtained by Metro from the scene, the white car could be seen partially underwater in a ditch while leaning to the side.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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Trucks lost control on icy roads and went spiraling into ditches, and pileups backed up traffic on interstate highways across the Midwest.—
Nazaneen Ghaffar,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Ukrainian drones observed some Russians advancing as far as a key trench anchoring Ukrainian positions just east of Leonidovo in the no-man’s-land along the 250-square-mile salient Ukrainian troops occupy in Kursk.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Re-signing Austin Corbett and Cade Mays to compete at center is a logical, cost-effective strategy that seems to align with the way the Panthers will approach their already expensive trench group.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Cover the drain to keep the solution working in the drain.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Pour a mixture of equal parts baking soda and white vinegar down the drain.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Culvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culvert. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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