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 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
  • The work will involve installing a drainage structure, called a box culvert, underneath the highway, as part of plans to build an interchange at Idaho 16 and State, according to the release.
    Rose Evans November 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The pickup veered off the road, struck a concrete culvert and went airborne before landing in the ditch, according to police.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The Rock Creek Loop traverses approximately seven miles of ravines, creeks, subtropical forest, and small footbridges.
    Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The agency said rising water levels in rivers, gullies and swamps may push the reptiles into residential areas in search of dry ground.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, a new study suggests that the gullies are sculpted by slabs of dry ice that form during the Martian winter.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That's how people end up in a ditch.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The device ensnared the Mustang, causing the vehicle to veer off the road into a ditch, according to police.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Cockroaches, drain flies shut down local coffeehouse 5 Sips Coffee & Tea, 2104 11th Ave.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In the music video, directed by Christian Breslauer, Perry appears in a kitchen and accidentally drops her ring down the drain.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Tracee Ellis Ross wore her red trench as a dress to a fashion event in September, because why bother wearing anything else with a coat this fabulous?
    Emma Spedding, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The burgundy color is especially ideal for fall and adds a nice pop of color under a neutral trench.
    Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025

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“Acequia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acequia. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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