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a person who sews
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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Recent Examples of sewers
The team is currently working on creating an improved coating that can reduce FOG deposits in sewers by enhancing both its self-healing capabilities and mechanical strength.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Now, a team of engineers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) in Australia have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help reduce the number of fatbergs that form in sewers.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
For some, the most controversial of these is Proposition 5, placed on the ballot by state legislators who want to make raising money for affordable housing projects and infrastructure like sewers and bridges easier for cities and counties.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
This includes streets, sewers, parks, buildings and all aspects of city services.
—Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Many of the roughly 100 families who lived there had legally purchased lots, but most lacked access to water, sewers, power or garbage pickup — and didn’t get permits for much of anything.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
At a bare minimum, townships must provide maintenance and repair to township roads and sewers.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2024
These new public health boards banned roaming pigs and goats, forced property owners to connect to the new waterworks, and built sewers at a breathtaking pace.
—Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2020
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Now, a team of engineers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) in Australia have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help reduce the number of fatbergs that form in sewers.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
For some, the most controversial of these is Proposition 5, placed on the ballot by state legislators who want to make raising money for affordable housing projects and infrastructure like sewers and bridges easier for cities and counties.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
This includes streets, sewers, parks, buildings and all aspects of city services.
—Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Many of the roughly 100 families who lived there had legally purchased lots, but most lacked access to water, sewers, power or garbage pickup — and didn’t get permits for much of anything.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
At a bare minimum, townships must provide maintenance and repair to township roads and sewers.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2024
These new public health boards banned roaming pigs and goats, forced property owners to connect to the new waterworks, and built sewers at a breathtaking pace.
—Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2020
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“Sewers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewers. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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