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culvert

noun

Definition of culvert

as in ravine

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Recent Examples of culvert Stormwater regulations got stronger, sewer line, bridge and culvert improvements were made, green initiatives sprouted up and flood forecasting and emergency responses got an overhaul. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 The funding will also help pay for the replacement of a large drainage culvert near Sierra College Boulevard on English Colony Way at Clover Valley Creek, along with the construction of a new bridge and roadway improvements on Garden Bar Road at Doty Ravine. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026 That includes upgrading the runways, fixing the culverts and building new jet hangars. — Elle Meyers, CBS News, 28 May 2026 In Belgium, culvert removals in the Anlier forest are reconnecting smaller tributaries that play an important role in local biodiversity. — Radina Gigova, CNN Money, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for culvert

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Noun

Rising from near the Aegean coast to 9,573-foot Mytikas, Greece’s highest peak, the mountain encompasses forests, ravines, limestone cliffs, and alpine habitat with unusually rich plant diversity.

— Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
The motorcycle drove down a ravine and struck a tree, according to the crash log.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of ravine

Noun

Sarah’s partner Elijah, Karissa and I continued up into the mountains, scrambling over loose rocks to get closer to a gully carved into the side of a mountain towering behind the pools.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
The dark form of the bear was rounding the ridges and gullies, appearing and disappearing among the brush in the direction of the head of the canyon.

— Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026

Definition of gully

Noun

Colorado State Patrol The Kenworth collided with the left side of the International trailer, overturning the trailer into an irrigation ditch on the south side of the roadway.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
The toxic mix of oil and an underground water called brine, several times saltier than the ocean, poured into a ditch along Petrolia Lane and crept toward an unnamed stream.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of ditch

Noun

The Stockton Fire Department said two bodies were recovered from a construction trench that collapsed on Saturday morning.

— Jose Fabian, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of trench

Noun

In another drain on the Justices’ energy, oral arguments have become notably longer in recent years.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
New York City is scaling the same concept through its cloudburst hubs in Corona, Kissena Park, Parkchester and East New York, where sunken basketball courts and rain gardens are built to fill during a downpour and drain once the sewers catch up.

— Ravi S. Bhalla, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of drain

Noun

Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
The company says the W-01 responds to risks from tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, marine submersion and dike or dam failures.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of dike

Noun

The firm had completed some initial work on the property three or four years ago, including the demolition of the building’s interior, and the buildout of utility connections and curbs and gutters.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
That includes strategies such as roof and gutter maintenance and keeping fire-prone greenery, shrubs and mulch away from the home.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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