creek

Following his confession, Oxford led police beyond a set of railroad tracks, past a church, to a tree stump near the bank of a creek.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Ever since, lawyers for industrial interests and environmental groups have debated exactly how watery some swamp or creek must be to qualify for protection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

While recording in a park one evening, Jack picks up the sound of a car tire exploding before he sees the vehicle careen off the road and into a creek.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

John Quincy Adams swam in a nearby creek.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Wild sassafras grew along the banks, and upstream a spring fed the creek.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Their preferred rivers and creeks had gone dry from a record drought.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The EPA has also said the area is safe, following the vacuuming of chemicals from creeks and removal of more than 240,000 tons of contaminated soil, among other things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Highway 33, at a modest 3.5% grade, meanders over and along creeks that are invisible from the road but marked by riparian vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

It “addresses the effects of concrete, asphalt and other impervious surfaces that cover the urban landscape in these two watersheds, to protect water quality in the creeks, rivers and beaches downstream,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The main part of the trap was a big, round metal pipe, like the ones that ran under roads to let creeks and streams pass underneath.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz