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runoff

noun as in spring runoff

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So then-President George H.W. Bush and other prominent Republicans endorsed Treen in the House runoff.

But what if a Louisiana runoff will determine which party controls the Senate?

“Do not allow liquid runoff to enter sewers or public waters,” the report states.

Tyner went on to note that correct legal remedy if the runoff was called into question was “a new election.”

But like a lot of things in life, how hard you work matters, and in a short runoff campaign, every day is like a week.

Gradual thawing would allow normal runoff without much penetration.

Runoff is checked by a sod and less water is used by a sod in mid-summer, after it has been mowed, than by a heavy cover crop.

Scrub on the remainder, however, serves to stabilize the soil of the forest lands against erosion and to slow the runoff of water.

It had narrow twisting lanes, some with a ditch down the middle for water runoff.

Another part may penetrate a little distance into the zone of weathering and then join the runoff.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to runoff, such as: drainage, overflow, and surplus water.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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