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tideway

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as in torrent

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Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
This malicious torrent leads to the download of the malware loader.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026

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The water flow is being managed at Canton Lake, and the Corps of Engineers said the goal is to have between 600 and 730 cubic feet of water per second leave through sluice gates during the greatest period of flow.

— Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 22 Sep. 2026
Dam Removal Europe found that the number of dams dismantled in 2025, along with other water-flow controls like weirs, culverts and sluices, grew by 11% from the year before.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 3 June 2026

Definition of sluice

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An expansion that would add a backup, a roughly 1,500-foot passive spillway, was supposed to be done this December, but a sinking concrete abutment pushed the completion date to winter 2027.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Garwood said the spillway system dates to the late 1960s, but the pipe was lined last year.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Definition of spillway

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Wilson’s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit.

— Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway.

— Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Apr. 2018

Definition of sluiceway

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This 59,000-acre floodway carries the river’s excess past the state capital.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Westcott said some of the subdivisions along the creek were built in the 1960s and 1970s when proper drainage was an afterthought and fences were installed in floodways.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of floodway

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With the Valley of the Kings, Karnak Temple, and temples on the Nile, Luxor and Aswan have been welcoming many tourists who consider the river cruise to be a vital component of their trip rather than an add-on option.

— Connie Etemadi, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
Lower water levels in lakes and rivers are significantly curbing essential hydroelectric generation at sites such as the Hoover Dam in the western United States.

— Johannes Teyssen, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

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