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The city controls several weirs where water is diverted.—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024 State and federal management of water infrastructure, including the pumps, dams and weirs that transport water across California, have a significant impact on fish populations.—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for weir
The focus is on the Bangs Lake outfall control structure, which is currently maintained by manually making adjustments to the sluice gate.
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Gregory Harutunian,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
Still, on May 4, India lowered sluice gates at the Baglihar dam, effectively reducing the downstream flow to Pakistan through the Chenab River by up to 90%, according to the Hindustan Times.
More Hossein Beris/Getty Images Iran launched a significant missile barrage on major cities across Israel on Friday.
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Amanda Castro
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
The Sixers signed George to a four-year max contract last offseason to round out their Big Three next to Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, but that trio never got off the ground in 2024-25 due to a nonstop barrage of injuries.
With the advantages in warfare, intelligence, and economy that AI maturity will grant a nation-state, why would leaders put up barriers to achieving it?
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Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Yet, the pace of future development depends on clearing Texas's legislative barriers, securing financing, and restoring confidence among lenders and landowners.
During delivery, the newborn’s head became stuck in the vaginal canal in a complicated medical event known as shoulder dystocia, according to Taylor and Ross’ lawsuit against St. Julian and Southern Regional Medical Center.
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Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
Then into motorboats for hair-raising dashes through tortuous canals and across rough water to dams far back in some vast marsh.
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