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Recent Examples of floodgate
Floodwater flowed earlier Saturday over the spillway at Inks Dam, which forms Inks Lake but does not have floodgates.
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Powered By, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
On June 8, Mercury will conjunct Jupiter in Gemini, opening the mental floodgates and turning up the volume on all the chatter.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 June 2025
Goldman Sachs opens the earnings floodgates Goldman Sachs (GS+2.70%) reported a robust 15% increase in first-quarter profit, reaching $4.74 billion, or $14.12 per share, driven by strong trading performance amid market volatility.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2025
Efforts to upgrade floodgates like Duke did at Lake Wateree in South Carolina are expensive, Jones said.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
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Powered By, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
On June 8, Mercury will conjunct Jupiter in Gemini, opening the mental floodgates and turning up the volume on all the chatter.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 June 2025
Goldman Sachs opens the earnings floodgates Goldman Sachs (GS+2.70%) reported a robust 15% increase in first-quarter profit, reaching $4.74 billion, or $14.12 per share, driven by strong trading performance amid market volatility.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2025
Efforts to upgrade floodgates like Duke did at Lake Wateree in South Carolina are expensive, Jones said.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodgate
Noun
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The tractor-trailer, carrying beverages, rode along the median barrier, splitting open from the side and spilling bottles across the roadway, the fire department posted on Facebook.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Some cities install physical barriers like planters, bike racks, or other obstacles, to ensure compliance.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ukraine's air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles into the country in the latest barrage, of which 747 drones and four missiles were shot down.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north, south and east of the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.—
Lidia Kelly,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Slamming through barricades and brush, the car picks up realistic damage effects, with its rear bumper and license plate dangling in tow.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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To emphasize the sad state of affairs, Ilett updated his followers on another bad hair day from inside a running shower, his matted locks drooping to his cheekbones.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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This time, Nelson's team exited nine aircraft at 19,000 feet and had 60 seconds to find their slots, lock hands and hold a snowflake formation before breaking apart to deploy 174 parachutes in unison.—
Angelina Liu,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Floodgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodgate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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