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Recent Examples of acequia
Thursday At 1pm, head to Mission San Juan for a free immersive agricultural tour and an acequia demonstration.
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Megan Stringer,
Axios,
5 Sep. 2024
With them, the melt is diverted to multiple acequias winding through the hills.
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Constant Méheut,
New York Times,
19 July 2023
Hundreds of small fish swim in the acequia, the irrigation canal.
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Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
28 Dec. 2022
Human artifacts dating more than 10,000 years have been found at Brackenridge, and an acequia was built there in the 1720s to irrigate crops at the Mission San Antonio de Valero.
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Scott Huddleston,
San Antonio Express-News,
4 Nov. 2021
In a good year, his acequia can water homes from spring through mid-October.
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Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Sep. 2021
Megan Stringer,
Axios,
5 Sep. 2024
With them, the melt is diverted to multiple acequias winding through the hills.
—
Constant Méheut,
New York Times,
19 July 2023
Hundreds of small fish swim in the acequia, the irrigation canal.
—
Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
28 Dec. 2022
Human artifacts dating more than 10,000 years have been found at Brackenridge, and an acequia was built there in the 1720s to irrigate crops at the Mission San Antonio de Valero.
—
Scott Huddleston,
San Antonio Express-News,
4 Nov. 2021
In a good year, his acequia can water homes from spring through mid-October.
—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acequia
Noun
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Assessing a culvert takes time.
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The funding will also help pay for the replacement of a large drainage culvert near Sierra College Boulevard on English Colony Way at Clover Valley Creek, along with the construction of a new bridge and roadway improvements on Garden Bar Road at Doty Ravine.
Noun
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
Noun
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The pitch, as expected, appeared to have lost its spite nearing lunch when Latham, who had hung tough for 74 deliveries, tried turning Jofra Archer to the leg side but found a leading edge that Jacob Bethell superbly snatched out of the air at gully.
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On June 6, 1966, on a stretch of Highway 51 just south of Hernando, Mississippi, a portly, middle-aged white man named Aubrey Norvell stepped out of a gully, lifted his shotgun and fired three shots at James Meredith, a Black civil rights activist and Air Force veteran.
Noun
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But the gold seekers, the ‘49ers, immediately set to digging ditches and canals to divert water, and so the new state soon allowed that practice, too.
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An injured fawn trapped in a Loomis ditch got a second chance thanks to a rescue by South Placer Fire District firefighters.
Noun
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The same brain-drain has affected Venezuelan schools, which suffered serious teacher shortages before the earthquake.
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Directions Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
Noun
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The most common is to apply liquid termiticide in a trench in the soil around your house.
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This poppy red trench is the kind of summer statement piece that’s worth the investment, especially with this discount.
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“Acequia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acequia. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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