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While Lily seems happy in her current relationship, Atlas, her childhood love, opens up a floodgate of memories from their youth.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 8 Aug. 2024
The floodgates burst after a calamitous debate performance showed Biden halting and uneven on stage with Trump.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
Harris also raised a whopping $200 million in her first week as the presumptive Democratic nominee after opening a floodgate of campaign donations.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 July 2024
After a 1953 storm caused devastating floods in the Netherlands, the country launched the Delta Works project, which closed off vulnerable inlets with an array of dams, floodgates, locks and embankments.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 8 Aug. 2024
The floodgates burst after a calamitous debate performance showed Biden halting and uneven on stage with Trump.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
Harris also raised a whopping $200 million in her first week as the presumptive Democratic nominee after opening a floodgate of campaign donations.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 July 2024
After a 1953 storm caused devastating floods in the Netherlands, the country launched the Delta Works project, which closed off vulnerable inlets with an array of dams, floodgates, locks and embankments.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodgate
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In 2014, Kyrgyz and Tajik conscripts exchanged fire over a strategic sluice in Ak-Sai.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2016
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At night Mulrooney put the floor sweepings through a sluice, gleaning an extra $100 or so in gold dust daily.Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Vulnerability helps break down barriers, creating a space where people can be authentic, share their concerns and contribute to the overall success of the organization.Krystyna Larrave, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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She was born into an era when women didn’t have the right to vote and racial barriers prevented Black Americans from fully participating in democracy.Melissa Noel, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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Tensions between Israel and Iran remain at a boiling point, more than a week after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes into Iranian territory, the latest in a chain of retaliatory attacks after Iran fired a barrage of around 200 missiles at Israel in early October.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Since 2020, election workers have faced a constant barrage of threats, harassment, and stalking at such a level that the DOJ formed a special division just to investigate those types of threats.Tess Owen, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Trevi Fountain is currently undergoing restoration, which means clear plastic barricades have been installed to keep visitors at a distance.Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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This is certainly a frightening situation, and could have been far scarier for Jerry who likely saw his family get hit by the rising barricade.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Many of the state’s wildlife officials got their start working on a weir.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
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The city controls several weirs where water is diverted.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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While nothing is guaranteed in sports, Mahomes throwing for a single yard on Monday Night Football is close to a lock.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Katie Hafner: In this way, tamoxifen acts like a key broken off in a lock.Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Floodgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodgate. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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