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as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
all of the wiring for the converted residential loft is concealed in a vertical trough
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Recent Examples of trough
The doom-and-gloom predictions of the education establishment, long lined up at the trough, haven’t come to pass.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The doom-and-gloom predictions of the education establishment, long lined up at the trough, haven’t come to pass.
—Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
First, here’s a long-term chart that looks at the largest trough-to-peak VIX moves since 2007.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Each father and son shared a cattle trough, facing each other.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The doom-and-gloom predictions of the education establishment, long lined up at the trough, haven’t come to pass.
—Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
First, here’s a long-term chart that looks at the largest trough-to-peak VIX moves since 2007.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Each father and son shared a cattle trough, facing each other.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trough
Noun
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Then, in January, a pipe burst during the extreme cold, which caused water to rain down inside the church as repairs were underway.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Welsh had been researching chloride transport long before the gene was discovered, and some of those early results suggested the problem may have been in a channel, which is like a little pipe through a cell membrane.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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During heavy rain, avoid parking or walking near culverts or drainage ditches, where swift-moving water can pose a serious risk.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The premiere opens with Rue in Mexico as a group of men help push her car out of a ditch in a desert landscape.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Remove debris from gutters and at the base of downspouts.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Categories covered by this author include home warranty, gutter guards, pest control, mattresses, roofing, car warranty, home insurance, car insurance, weight loss and hair loss.—
Caroline Ernst,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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It's been an eventful first month on the job for Pat Lyons, the new athletic director at the University of Rhode Island, who takes the reins in Kingston during a volatile time in college sports, with the billions of dollars available in media rights turning the NCAA into a conduit for big business.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
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But on either side, the different forces create strains that could potentially open up conduits for mantle material to make its way toward the surface.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2026
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It should have been called swamp or something like that…trench.—
Christine Terrisse,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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The work required felling primeval trees measuring six feet in diameter and digging a deep trench through the marsh to accommodate boat traffic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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The suspects were arrested on March 10 after authorities found them in possession of 1,948 garden ants stored in specialized tubes, along with an additional 300 ants in tissue rolls.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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To clean, connect your extended brush or tube to your vacuum cleaner and use it to collect dust on the fan’s blades and surfaces.—
Emily Benda Gaylord,
The Spruce,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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She was found hours later, barely alive and with a fractured skull, having been brutally raped and left for dead in one of the park’s ravines.—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 Apr. 2026
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The toilet has been on-and-off limits to the crew ever since last week’s launch, prompting them to rely on a backup bag-and-funnel system for urinating.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Squeezing through ‘pinch points’ Our model showed that the squirrel’s best habitat persists in a network of pinch points, bottlenecks where development and infrastructure funnel movement into a limited set of pathways.—
Eve Bohnett,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Trough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trough. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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