runoffs

noun

plural of runoff
as in freshets

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Recent Examples of runoffs Georgia gubernatorial primaries likely to head to runoffs Both the Democratic and Republican primaries could easily go to a runoff, meaning no single candidate reached a 50% majority during the first election. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 15 May 2026 Candidates look to avoid runoffs Meanwhile, Talarico and Crockett are hoping to avoid a May 26 runoff by capturing at least 50% of the Democratic vote in the March 3 primary. — Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
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  1. creeks
  2. rivulets
  3. rills
  4. brooks
Noun
  • Bryan Watts has spent more than three decades watching ospreys reclaim the Chesapeake Bay, returning each spring from South America to crowd its tidal rivers and creeks, shorelines, channel markers and nesting platforms.
    — Mark Robichaux, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026
  • North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey experienced some flooding Wednesday in coastal areas, including near rivers and creeks, with a few locations in southeast Virginia reaching major flood stage.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of creeks
Noun
  • Madly sentient guts spill from the sitter’s back in swollen rivulets.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • Our beach quickly turned into a morass of clay, cut through by dozens of fast-flowing rivulets.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
Definition of rivulets
Noun
  • What had looked like a dense palm grove from above is actually a lush network of wheat, zucchini, mint, and tomato plots fed by a network of rills that carry water from a natural pool to the crops below.
    — Christopher Garis, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2022
Definition of rills
Noun
  • The surrounding 23 acres the estate sits on are full of trails ripe for exploring, too, and take visitors past historic stone walls, cemeteries, and babbling brooks.
    — Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Insects drone over running brooks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of brooks

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