nullah

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Recent Examples of nullah Until a few years ago, much of the city’s sewage was released untreated into the Ganges via public drains, or nullahs, which discharged along the same bank as the ghats, where people habitually bathe. Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023 The project involves the diversion of a nullah which is a lifeline for the area. Manish Chandra Mishra, Quartz, 10 June 2021
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Look for blazer-like details like the ones in Aritzia’s The Constant coat, or the sharp lines punctuating Another Tomorrow’s double-faced trench.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Now, after Musk confirmed a bitcoin and crypto price game-changer, traders and analysts are speculating whether Musk wading back into the bitcoin trenches of X increases the chances of a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • New geophysical surveys and coring of the wadi would shed more light on the hydrological aspects of the area, while other surveys might reveal where the eastward tunnels of the pyramid lead.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The building was built in a wadi.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • This week's episode, which aired on TV Wednesday and was available to Paramount+ subscribers Thursday morning, saw competitors cross an arctic lake in kayaks and hold their bodyweight to cross a ravine in a zipline-style challenge.
    Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
  • From there, a bridge spans a short ravine into one of the lushest and most wooded portions of the trail.
    Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Flowers included arroyo lupine and California poppies.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Shortly after some removals, arroyo chub, another native fish, started moving upstream, Jacobson said.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
Noun
  • Examine plumbing fixtures, pipes, the roof, and gutters for leaks.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Unlike other permanent accent light solutions, where they're integrated into gutters or hidden in eaves, Nanoleaf's solution is clearly visible.
    Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Guiding me into the highlands for red deer, a 300-pound ungulate that lives above timberline amid the picturesque heather, is John Caithness, an affable fifty-something veteran stalker who knows the many hidden coulees and pastures of the estate where stags tend to frequent.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • One of the coolest hikes within the park is Mosaic Canyon, which leads hikers into a narrow canyon with smooth, steep walls.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
  • To dig deeper into the park, consider trekking through The Narrows, a slot canyon where the walls of Zion Canyon rise 1,000 feet up while pinching to 30 feet wide at certain points.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024

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“Nullah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nullah. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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