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Recent Examples of culvert
Currently, sewage and industrial waste drops from culvert pipes onto rocks below, creating splashing that releases airborne pollutants including hydrogen sulfide.
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Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
Investigators said the man was driving a Nissan Altima southbound when the car crossed into the northbound lane, left the roadway and crashed into a concrete culvert.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The family of Texas man Michael Sheehan filed a lawsuit in June, detailing a 2024 crash in Baytown in which Sheehan’s vehicle left the road, struck a culvert and caught fire.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
As a last resort, lie flat in the nearest depression, ditch or culvert and cover your head with your arms.
—Cheyenne Derksen, Oklahoman, 8 Jan. 2026
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Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
Investigators said the man was driving a Nissan Altima southbound when the car crossed into the northbound lane, left the roadway and crashed into a concrete culvert.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The family of Texas man Michael Sheehan filed a lawsuit in June, detailing a 2024 crash in Baytown in which Sheehan’s vehicle left the road, struck a culvert and caught fire.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
As a last resort, lie flat in the nearest depression, ditch or culvert and cover your head with your arms.
—Cheyenne Derksen, Oklahoman, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culvert
Noun
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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The area has deep ravines and dense vegetation.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ryan Copenhagen was descending a gully on January 26 when the metal line struck him across the neck.—
Outside,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
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On the other side of a shallow gully shrouded by large trees was a clearing several football fields in size, like a meadow.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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During heavy rain, avoid parking or walking near culverts or drainage ditches, where swift-moving water can pose a serious risk.—
Mobile Web,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The ordinance also prohibited e-bikes on public sidewalks, drainage ditches, culverts, channels, athletic courts or gyms.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Indeed, her street style is more relaxed, featuring long leather trenches, loose jeans, track pants, and tank tops.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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From a staple Magda Butrym trench to vintage Galliano and even more Gucci, Sydney has seen the breadth of the Bieber style repetioire.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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Look at how Taco Tuesday is circling the drain because the tariffs of President TrumpAlwaysChickensOut have usurped every other day of the week.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Don’t put corn husks, coffee grinds, onion peels, peach pits, eggshells, bones, vegetable peels, meat scraps, grease and large amounts of pasta down the drain.—
Jessica Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Refurbishment of the dike around the lake is finished, and a revision of the lake management rules went into effect in 2024.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Brandon Bell / Getty Images Since then, people have been fortifying dike systems to contain the water, often building housing and industrial buildings as close to the edge as flood plain planners allow.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
16 Dec. 2025
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Thursday At 1pm, head to Mission San Juan for a free immersive agricultural tour and an acequia demonstration.—
Megan Stringer,
Axios,
5 Sep. 2024
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With them, the melt is diverted to multiple acequias winding through the hills.—
Constant Méheut,
New York Times,
19 July 2023
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In 2017, Dellal, then a mechanical engineering student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, helped create a sustainable, cost-effective system for deicing roofs and gutters as part of a class capstone project.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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Massive heavy columns of ice are pulling away downspouts, gutters, and wires.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Culvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culvert. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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