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Recent Examples of floodgate
For example, a Florida canal gate control system uses radar level sensors on each side of a floodgate, feeding a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) controller that automatically adjusts the gate to balance canal and tidal flows.
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Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
On Saturday, the Ohio Department of Transportation started installing 15 floodgates at the Riverfront Transit Center under Second Street to prevent the river from spilling onto Fort Washington Way.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
There are also 150 floodgates, which keep waters from flowing upstream, and 16 flood pumping stations, which lift inland floodwaters back into the river.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The solutions, including the installation of floodgates to prevent sewage overflow and stronger oversight of Mexican treatment plants, are well understood.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 24 June 2025
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Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
On Saturday, the Ohio Department of Transportation started installing 15 floodgates at the Riverfront Transit Center under Second Street to prevent the river from spilling onto Fort Washington Way.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
There are also 150 floodgates, which keep waters from flowing upstream, and 16 flood pumping stations, which lift inland floodwaters back into the river.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The solutions, including the installation of floodgates to prevent sewage overflow and stronger oversight of Mexican treatment plants, are well understood.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodgate
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Charlie got into the shower, letting the hot water sluice off the rest of the blood on her back and whatever had dried in her hair.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mauna Lani staff still manage the ponds in the traditional way: Ocean tides bring fish in through a series of wooden sluice gates.—
Samantha Dunn,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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The proposal of a drone wall, which is particularly supported by Baltic and Eastern European states, is intended as both a deterrence and defensive barrier, as well as a way to pool resources to bolster Europe’s collective defense.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Prospective vehicle buyers consistently rate a lack of charging infrastructure as a key barrier to entry for EV adoption.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The barrage lasted for more than 12 hours, the president said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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The barrage was the third largest reported by the Ukrainian air force since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, underlining Kyiv’s challenge even after this week getting stronger signs of support from the US.—
Victoria Butenko,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Outside the hotel, a crowd had gathered behind barricades, waiting to catch a glimpse of celebrities on their way to the gala.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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Outside, dolled-up scenesters swarmed the barricades under the glow of the discotheque’s instantly recognizable marquee, lighting up Instagram stories for twenty-four hours.—
Alex Catarinella,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The flood bypass in Yolo and Solano counties diverts floodwaters from the Sacramento River away from the capital city and neighboring communities through a series of weirs.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Feb. 2025
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The map shows existing water barriers in the Valencia area, including dams and weirs, not structures that have been removed, Carlos Garcia De Leaniz, the AMBER project principal investigator and aquatic biosciences professor at Swansea University, told USA TODAY.—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
12 Nov. 2024
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Need to get past an electronic door with a finger-print key lock?—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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Jared Spurgeon, Brock Faber and Zach Bogosian are locks for the roster on the right side of the defense, and Jake Middleton and Zeev Buium are on the left.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Floodgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodgate. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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