aqueduct

Example Sentences

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Los Angeles draws less water from the valley now than it did in the 1970s, when the city built the second aqueduct.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

Located in the middle of Mexico, Querétaro is a charming and colourful colonial-style city known for its dazzling stone aqueduct.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

An extension was later completed connecting the aqueduct to the Mono Basin’s creeks, where the city has been diverting water since 1941.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

Most of L.A. city’s water comes from three sources: The Owens Valley, through its own aqueduct; the Colorado River, under a multi-state agreement overseen by the federal government; and the State Water Project.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

At the base of the aqueduct, the First and Second Cohorts were trying to encircle Polybotes, but they were taking a pounding.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan