Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for milldam
Noun
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Young even recorded a video of a salmon leaping over a weir.—
Ryan Yamamoto,
CBS News,
27 Dec. 2025 -
Because of the weir, the 220-acre lagoon can’t flow freely to the ocean and is slowly filling with silt and reeds.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eleven years ago, Tom Brady was buried on the same field under a barrage of sacks, hits and hurries in an upset that sprung the Broncos to the Super Bowl.—
Andrew Callahan,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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The scandal erupted at the end of last year when the AI chatbot churned out a barrage of digitally undressed images of women and children in response to requests from users.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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But since his 2016 debut, Bad Bunny has emerged as the leader of a new cohort of barrier-breaking artists, among them Karol G, J Balvin, Anitta and Peso Pluma, who are globalizing the genre and redefining crossover appeal with their fierce cultural pride.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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The truck was damaged after hitting the concrete barrier.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Eventually, the animals were clustered into a sluice-like enclosure, and then the animals would be extracted one by one.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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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
Noun
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One hundred forty-one blocks crowded in Germans, Scandinavians, the Jews, the Irish, Italians, blacks, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, and Mexicans who wanted to make this patch of Manhattan their first stop on the island.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The news release marked the first time sheriff’s officials identified the gunman found dead in the two-story home in the 5400 block of Mill Water Circle in Rancho Cordova.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The queen of maximalist beauty also once again demonstrated her expertise in the makeup and hair space by playing with her copper-red locks, debuting curly bangs and mermaid braids among her soft waves.—
Pamela Vázquez,
Glamour,
2 Feb. 2026
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The Corps of Engineers essentially built a stair-step of flat lakes joined by locks.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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People have formed barricades using dumpsters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Elixandro Naranjo Miranda, 21, was driving a dune buggy with three passengers that entered the Delta-Mendota canal, according to the CHP.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Some are even experimenting with more modern thermal methods such as the Andro-Switch ring, which raises the testicles back in the inguinal canal, increasing their temperature just enough to lower the sperm count, but are looking for more trustworthy options.—
Annalisa Merelli,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Milldam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milldam. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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