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culvert

[kuhl-vert] / ˈkʌl vərt /
NOUN
ditch for flow of water
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Still, he defended the city’s efforts, citing such projects as a $60 million plan to help combat flooding at Hooffs Run Culvert Bypass.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021

Taylors Landing and the Brunswick Boat Ramp were shut down on Friday, and the towpath bridge washed out over Culvert 82 near Brunswick.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2018

They ranged from Reginald Anderson's Figures, a spiky, thin-air abstraction, to Roland Thompson's carefully realistic Culvert.

From Time Magazine Archive

Culvert traps, which are usually foolproof and effective, couldn�t catch the nuisance grizzly.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am not well pleased by the Arrangement since we is in some kind Culvert & I am in continual Fears of us all being washed away by Floods.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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