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Recent Examples of millrace
According to the North Branford Land Conservation Trust, the dam and millrace in the area dates back to 1761 and over its history was used to power a lumber mill, cider mill, grist mill and a factory that produced ax handles.
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Peter Marteka, courant.com, 25 Feb. 2018
Peter Marteka, courant.com, 25 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for millrace
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In the 1970s, diverse forces on the right came together to fight against ceding control of the canal to Panama, seeing the move as weak and antithetical to American interests.Aaron Coy Moulton / Made by History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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The firefighters fought for hours to extinguish the blaze but were unable to save the home, which is located on a canal on the eastern side of Lake Okeechobee, and two cars in the garage, including a red 1955 Ford Thunderbird.KC Baker, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Most water used in Los Angeles doesn't come from Northern California but from local aqueducts and groundwater.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Including aqueduct reservoirs, the city can store more than 91 billion gallons across its vast infrastructure.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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To protect ecosystems, the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior require planes to avoid dropping fire retardant within 300 feet of waterways (ground deliveries must also avoid waterways).Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Residents will learn more about helping to protect our waterways by being water wise and understanding Volusia County’s fertilizer ordinance.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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That episode led to the diversion of the Turia watercourse, which meant that a large part of the city was spared of these floods.Teresa Medrano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
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The flash floods battered regions like Barrio de la Torre in Valencia, where narrow streets became lethal watercourses.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Their objective is to ride every ride in Walt Disney World—every rollercoaster, carousel, log flume, slot car, centrifugal motion simulator and rotating educational theater stage show attraction, across all four parks—in a single operating day.Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Equipped with a kiddie pool, two flume slides and speed slides, Wave Country has activities for people of any age, with proximity to a skating park and access to Two Rivers Golf Course.Antonia Lopez, The Tennessean, 28 July 2024
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This option returns the pond to its full former glory including sluice gate repair, dredging the full pond area and recreational enhancements to include 5.7 acres of open water and two fishing platforms.Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
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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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Unlike at other California raceways, the crowd seemed mostly white, with some Latinos.Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Named for the famed raceway in Daytona, Florida, this humble, hand-wound, stainless steel chronograph is now one of the world’s most desirable watches.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
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Drag slider compare photos The turnaround has been heralded by Casitas General Manager Mike Flood as the fastest rebound in the lake's history, according to reports in the Ventura County Star, with water going over the dam's spillway in April 2024—something last seen in 1998.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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By late April, the reservoir had reached the spillway.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Millrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millrace. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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