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Recent Examples of acequiaThursday At 1pm, head to Mission San Juan for a free immersive agricultural tour and an acequia demonstration.—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
In the Dominican Republic, 12 provinces are on red alert due to possible flooding of rivers, streams and ravines as well as flash floods and landslides.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
His aged dog disappears and is later found dead at the bottom of a ravine.
Adding a cultural twist to the week, Viktor Hovland was spotted exploring Chandni Chowk in a rickshaw (a three-wheeler vehicle used by the locals), Old Delhi’s historic marketplace known for its centuries-old architecture and gullies.
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Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Instead, a new study suggests that the gullies are sculpted by slabs of dry ice that form during the Martian winter.
Add a blazer, cardigan, or trench on top—this piece is pure versatility with a side of glam.
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Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
This clay molding process was known to preserve the form of soft animals in oxygen-poor areas, such as the muds at the bottom of lagoons and deep-sea trenches, Sereno says.
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Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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