dam
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If Lake Powell declines so low that its dam can no longer generate hydropower, that would also create other problems.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Twenty-five workers were inside the gold mine when the tailings dam - a structure which holds mining waste - burst on 25 March.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
For Tellico Dam, the committee denied the exception, but Congress later cleared the way for the dam to be completed.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Coming after years of work, it raises the prospect that enormous partially-built structures, including a $5 billion dam that was 30% finished, will be simply abandoned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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
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