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Recent Examples of floodgateFor 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.—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025 The floodgates were open, and now sports betting has become legal in the vast majority of the country.—Harry Enten, CNN Money, 11 July 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 See All Example Sentences for floodgate
Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.
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NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Oct. 2025
The office of the Oakland County Sheriff took to its official Facebook account to share the harrowing events along with photos of the deer in and out of the barricades.
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