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culvert

noun

Definition of culvert

as in ravine

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Recent Examples of culvert The Accord apparently left the road and struck a culvert, with the driver suffering non-life-threatening injuries and another passenger uninjured. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 July 2026 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. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026 That includes upgrading the runways, fixing the culverts and building new jet hangars. — Elle Meyers, CBS News, 28 May 2026 In Belgium, culvert removals in the Anlier forest are reconnecting smaller tributaries that play an important role in local biodiversity. — Radina Gigova, CNN Money, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for culvert

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Santa Cruz Police Department The driver and another occupant ran away into a nearby ravine where a K-9 officer was used to apprehend the driver.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
The driver ran from the disabled SUV into a nearby ravine but was arrested after officers sent a police dog to capture him, police said.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of ravine

Noun

Hazlewood also captured Taijul Islam, taken at gully by Green for 17.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Sarah’s partner Elijah, Karissa and I continued up into the mountains, scrambling over loose rocks to get closer to a gully carved into the side of a mountain towering behind the pools.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

Definition of gully

Noun

Tasks included scooping and dumping sand or gravel, digging and grading trenches, clearing debris from roads, removing tree branches from water edges, and breaking up rocks.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
That made General Manager Adam Peters comfortable going the entire offseason without making a significant addition to the offensive trenches.

— Tashan Reed, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of trench

Noun

Others are keeping data analog longer, since early digitization is expensive and skipping it for certain operations cuts out a major power drain.

— David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Twin-tub machines are lighter and cheaper but require you to manually fill, drain and move clothes between a wash tub and a spin tub.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of drain

Noun

Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
The company says the W-01 responds to risks from tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, marine submersion and dike or dam failures.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of dike

Noun

Cornerstone Building Brands The Kearney plant, located near W Washington and W Major streets, manufactures a variety of building materials for residential and commercial uses, such as siding, windows, doors, stone veneer, fences and gutters.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Trees would need trimming, gutters would need cleaning, dead or dying plants would have to be removed.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of gutter

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