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culvert

[kuhl-vert] / ˈkʌl vərt /
NOUN
ditch for flow of water
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Hottle died Tuesday morning after the car she was a passenger in crashed into a culvert off the side of the road in Ijamsville, Md., the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Hottle and another passenger were in a 1995 Honda Accord driven by a 19-year-old man when it veered off a two-lane highway and struck a culvert, according to Frederick County Sheriff's Office.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Mr Justice Rooney also reminded the jury about how some of the searchers who examined the culvert entrance for the first time shouted down the tunnel.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

McKee explained that homeowners had not raised any safety concerns about the culvert.

From BBC May 8, 2026

There was no gap between the punt and the dark mouth of the culvert.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Often the barriers are small culverts or weirs that are redundant and could be removed, said Dr Janina Gray, head of science at environment charity WildFish.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

Sometimes at the bottom of those undulations are culverts, or Department of Homeland Security vehicles will pop up.

From Slate Feb. 2, 2026

One priority should be upgrading the Saturn Boulevard river crossing, he said, where the culverts create a small waterfall, to eliminate the churning water that spews pollution.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2025

More than a month after the evacuation order was lifted, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged that multiple buildings in East Palestine were being contaminated as contractors cleaned contaminated culverts under and alongside buildings.

From Salon Oct. 5, 2024

Some found the sewer and some worked their way up the hill to the reservoir and some went into culverts and some only hid among the weeds in the vacant lot.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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