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canal

[kuh-nal] / kəˈnæl /


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Panama because of the canal, which links shipping between the Atlantic and Pacific.

From Barron's

Two narrowboats were left at the bottom of a trench in the canal bed and a third hanging over the edge.

From BBC

The US and China are the main users of the 80-kilometer canal, which sees the passage of five percent of global maritime trade.

From Barron's

But the canal authorities don’t allow overhanging cargo that could hit infrastructure such as light poles at the waterway’s locks.

From The Wall Street Journal

The project has been implementing several methods in three southern areas, including digging water canals and supplying electricity to pump water from the Euphrates river, preparing barren lands for vegetation.

From Barron's