culverts

Definition of culvertsnext
plural of culvert

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Noun
  • Her mother, Marlene LaMar, who had helped organize hundreds of volunteers for years to search through fields and gullies after Sierra vanished in 2012, said Saturday she was too devastated to speak about the ruling.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Lazar says strong winds blew this new snow into gullies and depressions, depositing it onto older layers of snow.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The elaborate network of rainfall, rivulets of ditches, and control structures became a sort of language for Van Lent.
    Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, the women and their husbands found out about the data center project from speaking directly to the workers hired to move dirt and dig runoff ditches ahead of construction.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • If outside, seek shelter in low-lying areas like ditches or ravines.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The area has deep ravines and dense vegetation.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Descaling and Unclogging Uses Use cleaning vinegar to unclog stubborn drains by adding 1 cup of baking soda to your drain followed by 1 cup of cleaning vinegar, says Dills.
    Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Below, San Angelo gives us several methods for cleaning bathroom sink drains, her best tips on how to avoid a clogged bathroom sink, and what to avoid when cleaning your bathroom sink drain.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Just offshore, Mafia Island Marine Park is home to vibrant coral reef systems and elaborate trenches ideal for diving.
    Melanie van Zyl, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The crispy blonde beer next door earned this top seed in those trenches, but the Newport brew's big run ended in the Final Four against the eventual champ, Crazy Norse, also from Kentucky.
    Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Officials had worried that a system of dikes along the Skagit River would fail, and potentially inundate parts of Mount Vernon, a riverside town of about 35,000.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Chinese mitten crabs burrow into levees, dikes, and stream banks, increasing erosion and threatening flood-control systems.
    Staff Author Updated, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Walz never seemed more animated than when a podcaster asked him to expound on the topic of residential rain gutters.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Clean your gutters and downspouts at least once a year (more often if they get clogged with leaves or other debris).
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
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“Culverts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culverts. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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