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Recent Examples of culvert
Pennington likened the woods around the area to a jungle, with cliff beds, sinkholes, caves and culverts.
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Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2024
River banks and culverts may also become unstable and unsafe.
—Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Sep. 2024
Police bodycam footage showed Tolliver standing in a large storm culvert behind a locked steel grate as law enforcement and firefighters worked to safely remove him.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2024
Four days later, on Feb. 18, 1985, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department responded to a location about six miles south of La Crosse after receiving a report of something burning in a culvert.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2024
River banks and culverts may also become unstable and unsafe.
—Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Sep. 2024
Police bodycam footage showed Tolliver standing in a large storm culvert behind a locked steel grate as law enforcement and firefighters worked to safely remove him.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2024
Four days later, on Feb. 18, 1985, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department responded to a location about six miles south of La Crosse after receiving a report of something burning in a culvert.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culvert
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Inside Lebanon, the politicians who, together with Hezbollah, had driven the country into an economic ravine now began jockeying for power: Could Amal, the other main Shiite party, seize the advantage?Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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Efforts were ongoing on Saturday morning to recover some of the bodies that had fallen into a ravine, a local government official who asked not to be named told Reuters.Reuters, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Water surged over a gully running through the Valencian town, ripping apart roads and tearing down walls of homes.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Park fire ignited on July 24 after officials say a man intentionally pushed his burning car into a gully.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
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But there was also a three-hour standstill in traffic caused by a tractor trailer that had driven into a ditch on a road that usually does not permit vehicles so big, but made an exception because that was the only way into or out of the area in the wake of the storm.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Bucks use water as a barrier, think deep drainage ditches, creeks, streams, and rivers.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
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This is said to have involved training in artillery, unmanned aerial vehicles, and basic infantry operations, including trench clearing.Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Design with Swales and Rain Gardens Swales, shallow trenches dug along the contour of a slope, can capture and redirect water, giving it time to absorb into the soil rather than running off.Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
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In a Dutch oven or soup pot, cook the ground beef and onion, breaking the beef into crumbles, until beef is no longer pink; drain.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Despite various retrieval attempts—including disassembling the drain pipes and pouring water down the sink—the resilient frog stayed put, emerging occasionally and one time leaving behind evidence.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Culvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culvert. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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