dam
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Rescuers scoured flooded parts of China for survivors on Wednesday after storms killed 17 people and caused dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst, with officials warning of more rain.
From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026
Zhou's family is among tens of thousands of people in Guangxi displaced from their homes since Typhoon Maysak swept the region over the weekend, causing rivers to swell and dam walls to break.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
This question puts a crack in the dam, and in no time, a flood of emotional consequences follows.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026
A wide river of cropped hair, crisp T-shirts, and adrenaline stretching almost 500 feet to Herndon, where they’re held back by an invisible dam about to burst.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
To cry now would be to unleash something, a deluge she wasn’t sure she’d be able to dam once released.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing dam
"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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