arroyo
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Also, a graceful arroyo willow that sprouted near Margaret’s one-time vegetable garden now towers over the family’s home, attracting so many bees with its spring blooms that the branches seem to hum.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
"The ongoing and historic amount of rainfall is expected to cause life-threatening to locally catastrophic flash, urban and arroyo flooding including landslides, mudslides and debris flows today," the service said.
From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2023
“Flash, urban, and arroyo flooding is possible with the potential for significant impacts.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023
Boris, 29, ran across the muddy arroyo of the Rio Grande on Dec. 3 from Ciudad Juárez to El Paso.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021
Up ahead, he could see where the highway dipped across an arroyo.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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