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as in drains
a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof
one of his chores is to clean leaves and sticks out of the gutters before winter sets in
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Recent Examples of gutters
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
This guide breaks down exactly how to clean and maintain your gutters safely and effectively — no professional crew required.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Taking care of your gutters now is one of the simplest ways to protect your home’s value and avoid costly surprises down the road.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
Clogged or Damaged Gutters and Drain Spouts Ice and snow can clog your gutters and drain spouts, causing water to overflow and create damage to your roof, siding, and landscape.
—Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 16 Mar. 2026
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But knowing gutters need attention and safely getting up there to clean them are two very different things.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
This guide breaks down exactly how to clean and maintain your gutters safely and effectively — no professional crew required.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Taking care of your gutters now is one of the simplest ways to protect your home’s value and avoid costly surprises down the road.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
Clogged or Damaged Gutters and Drain Spouts Ice and snow can clog your gutters and drain spouts, causing water to overflow and create damage to your roof, siding, and landscape.
—Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gutters
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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
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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
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The boundaries of the necropolis are not clearly defined, scientists said, noting modern planting pits, ditches and agricultural work have obliterated several tombs.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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The sweet steam mixed with the sour smell of leaves in ditches and marshy places along the creek.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Euro model, which has been more accurate in handling these shortwave troughs over the next week, has a major ice storm occurring as the rain arrives.—
Ron Smiley,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Producers are looking at factors like cost of labor combined with the time and material costs of driving around to check wells or troughs — areas where Ranchbot might be able to lend an assist.—
Lana Ferguson,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Makeshift trenches with food supplies and utensils belonging to the miners were also dismantled, with clothing items left behind after the miners fled the site in Randfontein, about 25 miles west of Johannesburg.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Beneath the landscape, a geoexchange system composed of 16 trenches, each roughly 10 feet deep and 150 feet long, taps the earth’s stable temperature to handle heating and cooling.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
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Its DriveWell Fusion platform ingests sensor data from millions of devices and fuses it with contextual information, creating a unified view of how people actually drive, from hard braking and speeding to phone distraction.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
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The partnership fuses real-world sensing tech with massive computing power.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2026
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Peels can create a huge mess in the drainpipes down the road.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2026
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Until the lava of the bird’s stomach melts her valiant resins, dissolves her nomadic strength, and transforms her into a viscous secretion.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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When the Sierra snowpack melts early, not only do the plants and soils dry out faster, but the reservoirs, once drawn down, aren’t steadily replenished by snow that melts through the late spring and summer.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Picnic in the shadow of ancient aqueducts.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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Students learn how their water travels from the Sierra Nevada through reservoirs, pipes and aqueducts to finally end up in their homes.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Gutters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gutters. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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