control gate
Example Sentences
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A control gate at the head of the Bishop Creek Canal, part of the L.A.’s water infrastructure in the Owens Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2025
To use an automated passport control gate, passengers must fit the criteria.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2023
Their main task is to install updated equipment, designed to fill the voids beneath the dam more precisely, and to repair the broken control gate.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2016
First the dike must be reinforced, a control gate must be built, three turbines and a power station must be installed and hundreds of miles of canals must be dug.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2012
The street looked like a river, and she could see cars and boats stacked up against a flood control gate.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
