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creek

[kreek, krik] / krik, krɪk /


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Crews stunned the fish with electricity, scooped them up in buckets, trucked them to a hatchery and ultimately moved them to Arroyo Hondo Creek in Santa Barbara County.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Nembe Creek Trunk Line runs near the riverine community of Bille, which is made up of 45 islands, from inland oilfields to a coastal processing site for exporting.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The group, which primarily produces its liquor in Latvia, bought up the depleted Cedar Creek Quarry in Bardstown, Ky., and planned to redevelop it into the Kentucky Owl Park.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

She said she made a complaint about the use of Roundup in the San Juan Creek flood channel about a year ago.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Soon the boat was moored permanently in an otherwise uninhabited Gulf Coast bayou named Jenkins Creek.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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