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Recent Examples of spillway
Photos and videos show water gushing into the hole after back-to-back atmospheric rivers poured several inches of rain over northern California, raising Lake Berryessa water levels enough that water overflowed into the spillway.
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2025
Water raged even higher this time (nearly 8 feet over the top of the spillway) and became a monster, obliterating parts of the neighborhood.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Northern California’s famed ‘Glory Hole’ spillway is used for first time in years.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The hardware, or physical infrastructure, is the spillway and dam, which in the case of New Bullards Bar, holds back almost 1 million acre-feet of water.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2025
Water raged even higher this time (nearly 8 feet over the top of the spillway) and became a monster, obliterating parts of the neighborhood.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Northern California’s famed ‘Glory Hole’ spillway is used for first time in years.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The hardware, or physical infrastructure, is the spillway and dam, which in the case of New Bullards Bar, holds back almost 1 million acre-feet of water.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spillway
Noun
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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
Noun
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Blue Sky Surveying & Mapping Corp. failed to show a federal floodway overlapping the new city council chamber.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Feb. 2025
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Also in attendance: Nashville architect Alan Dooley, who helped the church win a historic designation for the building, and that allowed Metro Codes to issue permits for the rebuild, even though the building is (clearly) in a floodway.—
The Tennessean,
The Tennessean,
22 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Wilson’s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit.—
Richard Norton Smith,
WSJ,
19 Apr. 2018
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The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway.—
Peter Marteka,
Courant Community,
12 Apr. 2018
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“Spillway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spillway. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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