as in tailor
a person who sews
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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People complain about the lack of sewers, water, electricity and other public services, while schools aim to indoctrinate Ukrainian children with Russian ideology.
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Kim Barker, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The city’s combined water and sewer rates are higher, for example, than those in Coral Gables, Hialeah and unincorporated Miami-Dade County.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
The city also would provide another $142 million for roads, sewers and the demolition of Tropicana Field.
—Colleen Wright, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Village officials established a sewer and water task force in 2004 to investigate the cost of water, and by 2006 filed a formal complaint with the Illinois Commerce Commission against Illinois American Water, according to village documents.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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Kim Barker, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The city’s combined water and sewer rates are higher, for example, than those in Coral Gables, Hialeah and unincorporated Miami-Dade County.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
The city also would provide another $142 million for roads, sewers and the demolition of Tropicana Field.
—Colleen Wright, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Village officials established a sewer and water task force in 2004 to investigate the cost of water, and by 2006 filed a formal complaint with the Illinois Commerce Commission against Illinois American Water, according to village documents.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewer. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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