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Recent Examples of arroyo
This crystal-clear waterway is home to multiple species of fish, including rainbow trout and the (adorable) arroyo chub.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
There are potsherds and petroglyphs all over, plus an old adobe cabin up in the arroyo.
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Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Officials said Sturluson, 23 – who was experiencing homelessness – was shot May 1 after asking the teen and Curtis to stop firing into a arroyo, or dry creek, that was close by.
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Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
And while our street was close enough to the national forest that bears and bobcats were not uncommon sights, it was also separated from it by a dry arroyo and five blocks of houses in between.
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Josh Eells,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
There are potsherds and petroglyphs all over, plus an old adobe cabin up in the arroyo.
—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Officials said Sturluson, 23 – who was experiencing homelessness – was shot May 1 after asking the teen and Curtis to stop firing into a arroyo, or dry creek, that was close by.
—
Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
And while our street was close enough to the national forest that bears and bobcats were not uncommon sights, it was also separated from it by a dry arroyo and five blocks of houses in between.
—
Josh Eells,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arroyo
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The State Department on Tuesday congratulated conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori after she was declared the winner of Peru’s presidential runoff election by a razor-thin margin.
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Hypoxia in the Long Island Sound, which usually occurs in the summer, is when bottom water oxygen levels fall to a critical low percentage due to nitrogen from water runoff and backyard fertilizer use.
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In addition to canceling outside noise, the headphones provide crisp audio and relaxing white-noise options, including rainy parks and babbling brooks.
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Meanwhile, the charming house with a small brook off to the side, stands waiting to be occupied with some, but not a lot, of work required.
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In Hardin County, a juvenile died after a car overturned in a flooded creek, WAVE 3 News reported.
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An afternoon dip in a cool mountain creek turned deadly Saturday for a Charlotte boy, according to investigators in western North Carolina.
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Similar to the millennial mint that's been making the rounds, Tiffany blue brings the same fresh, uplifting energy with a slightly more luxe feel.
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The Dodgers’ bullpen, on the other hand, which closed May fresh off a franchise-record 38 consecutive scoreless innings, just can’t seem to stop the bleeding.
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There were new sunspots and rivulet lines over her face, like an aerial map.
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His uniform and scalp were lined with glistening rivulets of oil, water, soot and sweat.
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Those residents might also like to see the name of Indian Creek, another rill which traverses the county, given a new designation.
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His verses evoke sacred rivers, fertile grounds and gardens bright with sinuous rills—a lyrical world beyond the inauspicious reality of its start-point.
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Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants.
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Atop that mesa, hidden in a sandstone coulee, our campfire burned a hole in the darkness.
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Finally, new in 2025, Davidsons Arnhemland Safari Lodge will join forces with Kakadu Air for an all-inclusive fishing day safari, during which guests have the chance to fish in untouched billabongs and visit the world-famous Arnhem Land rock art galleries.
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Sonia Namarnyilk layered three stencils to print complex patterns of mermaid-like water spirits, their fluid, bright orange undulations interspersed with playful turtles and rippling billabong plants.
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“Arroyo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arroyo. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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