wadis

Definition of wadisnext
plural of wadi

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Noun
  • Her mother, Marlene LaMar, who had helped organize hundreds of volunteers for years to search through fields and gullies after Sierra vanished in 2012, said Saturday she was too devastated to speak about the ruling.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Lazar says strong winds blew this new snow into gullies and depressions, depositing it onto older layers of snow.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Ponds, streams, small ravines, and valleys provide drama throughout its 27 acres.
    Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • If outside, seek shelter in low-lying areas like ditches or ravines.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Chuparosa and brittlebush are flowering along the grade and in canyons.
    Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Nicole Crosby, a deputy city attorney who lives in Clairemont, said bike lanes don’t make a lot of sense in communities like Clairemont where hills and canyons are a major challenge.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Makeshift trenches with food supplies and utensils belonging to the miners were also dismantled, with clothing items left behind after the miners fled the site in Randfontein, about 25 miles west of Johannesburg.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Beneath the landscape, a geoexchange system composed of 16 trenches, each roughly 10 feet deep and 150 feet long, taps the earth’s stable temperature to handle heating and cooling.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The new bridge survived the massive 1913 and 1937 floods, as well as the destructive ice gorges, or ice jams, that struck Riverside Park in the 1910s.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Stone villages cling to hillsides above orchards while rivers slice through limestone gorges below.
    Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Check that gutters are firmly attached and not pulling away from the roofline.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Side-running bus lanes in those areas would follow a complete road reconstruction, including new sidewalks, medians, boulevards, pavements, curbs and gutters.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Euro model, which has been more accurate in handling these shortwave troughs over the next week, has a major ice storm occurring as the rain arrives.
    Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Producers are looking at factors like cost of labor combined with the time and material costs of driving around to check wells or troughs — areas where Ranchbot might be able to lend an assist.
    Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Wadis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wadis. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.

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