canalled or canaled; canalling or canaling
: to construct a canal through or across
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Noun
the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
In Flagler County, numerous docks flooded and waves were topping over some seawalls along a series of canals off the Intracoastal in Palm Coast, and a few inches of tidal flooding was reported in the oceanfront community of Flagler Beach, emergency officials told the weather service.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Testing of snakeheads from a number of different canals also has shown very low levels of mercury in their flesh.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Weighing around 220 lbs and measuring 59 feet in length, the device was carefully lowered into the canal by crane.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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In Arizona, almost half of the water flowing through the Central Arizona Project canal goes to Native American Tribes, meaning that Phoenix and its suburbs are going to face the lion’s share of the state’s cuts.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
In Flagler County, numerous docks flooded and waves were topping over some seawalls along a series of canals off the Intracoastal in Palm Coast, and a few inches of tidal flooding was reported in the oceanfront community of Flagler Beach, emergency officials told the weather service.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Testing of snakeheads from a number of different canals also has shown very low levels of mercury in their flesh.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Weighing around 220 lbs and measuring 59 feet in length, the device was carefully lowered into the canal by crane.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canal. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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canal
noun
ca·nal
kə-ˈnal 
: a tubular anatomical passage or channel : duct see alimentary canal, Haversian canal, inguinal canal
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