acequia

Southwest

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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. Megan Stringer, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024 But the biggest challenge to saving acequias may be preserving the age-old knowledge behind their existence. Constant Méheut, New York Times, 19 July 2023 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 Even then, the acequia reflected the blending of cultural traditions. New York Times, 13 July 2021 Outdoor space: The property has water rights to the acequia, or community watercourse, that runs through it, supporting a lush collection of fruit trees and shrubs and a vegetable garden. Julie Lasky, New York Times, 6 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acequia
Noun
  • Her body was found by a deputy in June 2023 in a culvert on a dead-end road near a property owned by Fravel's parents.
    Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The forest is full of dangers that complicate the search, including cliffs, culverts, sinkholes, and possibly dangerous animals like snakes.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.
    Virginia Iglesias, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But Kelly had fallen into a gully, obscuring the line of sight of rescuers on the ground.
    Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Officials added that a piece of smoldering material may have been blown into an adjacent, dry gully and caused the rekindling.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Once again Skinner is in the ditch with goal share (minute sample size).
    Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Tragically, her life would end as the man who was stuck in a ditch pulled a gun on her, and fatally shot her.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Cover the drain to keep the solution working in the drain.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Pour a mixture of equal parts baking soda and white vinegar down the drain.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Re-signing Austin Corbett and Cade Mays to compete at center is a logical, cost-effective strategy that seems to align with the way the Panthers will approach their already expensive trench group.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Ukrainian drones observed some Russians advancing as far as a key trench anchoring Ukrainian positions just east of Leonidovo in the no-man’s-land along the 250-square-mile salient Ukrainian troops occupy in Kursk.
    David Axe, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Acequia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acequia. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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