as in creek
a natural body of running water smaller than a river
weather forecasters warned that the heavy rains might cause the area's runlets to overflow
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In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, the local carpenter spotted pea-sized flecks catching the sun's rays: small gold nuggets.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Helene’s rains flooded the streams, creeks and tributaries that feed into the Nolichucky, transforming the river into a deadly torrent.—
USA TODAY Graphics team,
USA TODAY,
31 Dec. 2024
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On July 18, 2019, a Cheshire resident with property abutting Cuff Brook observed dead fish and discolored water with an oily sheen in the brook and smelled a chemical odor similar to lighter fluid, officials said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
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At about ten o’clock that night, the bridge finally fell into the brook, but the truck did not follow, and was hauled to safety by a wrecker.—
Gary Greenberg,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Oct. 2024
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In the early years of his presidency, there was a slow stream of transfers, mostly people who had been cleared for release long ago and were freed.—
Lisa Hajjar,
The Conversation,
24 Jan. 2025
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Or decided, To hell with it, and literally swam against the stream of prevailing thought, of standard technique, and swallowed Flowers on (what should’ve been) a surprise jet sweep for a 3-yard loss that forced a red-zone field goal?—
Brooks Kubena,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Runlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runlet. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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