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Recent Examples of runnel Water fun will be a big draw, whether observing the natural pond-like runnel feature or the chutes of tumbling water and inch-deep pools safe to play in. Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2022 Designed by Louis Kahn for Jonas Salk, who created the polio vaccine, the complex sits on a shelf above the Pacific, a symmetrical white piazza flanked by buildings that are angled like a theater’s wings and bisected by a narrow runnel. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 15 Mar. 2021 The road ran like a twisty runnel through fuchsia hedges and bright fields of buttercups and cow parsley, up to a pass among the 3,000-foot Slieve Mish mountains. New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019 In summer, runoff from cloudbursts etches into the softer limestones and sluices through the deep runnels. National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2019 Grouting crews fan out across the subways every night, looking for runnels down walls and stalactites of muck oozing from ceilings, patching up incursions that are closest to electrical components first. Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runnel
Noun
  • While traversing steep mountain trails and navigating undulating bent grass greens at Cliffhangers, golfers will drive carts through cascading waterfalls, cross swift flowing creeks, and wind through a cave system.
    Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • It is situated along a creek just off California State Route 2 in Angeles National Forest.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Nearly 20 homes were cut off in the town of Sutton as a local brook quickly rose from its banks and surrounded buildings, Fire Chief Kyle Seymour said.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2025
  • But in case the running brooks aren’t meeting your educational needs this summer, here are some suggestions for actual books to tuck into your backpack.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 June 2025

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“Runnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runnel. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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