dam

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Organisers said the chances of seeing the nocturnal animals during the day would be slim but added the tours would offer a first hand look at the animals' damming and digging skills.

From BBC

But in one case, the "war" between Egypt and Ethiopia was a dispute over the building of a dam and there was no actual fighting to end.

From BBC

Her work on an investigative series into Brazil’s deadly dam collapse won a 2019 Sabew and received an Overseas Press Club of America honorable mention.

From The Wall Street Journal

As of December, its dams were only around 30 percent full on average, and farmers have largely relied on rainwater for irrigation.

From Barron's

"Since the start of January, discharges from dams and reservoirs have been the equivalent of about a year of our country's water consumption," Maria Graça Carvalho told Portuguese media.

From BBC