dredging

Example Sentences

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Without dredging, water officials who see storms coming quickly drain their reservoirs to make room for water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

If California’s punitive morass of regulatory and litigious constraints on dredging were reformed, new technologies could make dredging more cost-effective than ever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Researchers found that disturbance created by commercial dredging is "widespread" across the lough and "could be affecting the ecosystem".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Kalt worries some species, such as the eelgrass, will be destroyed by the regular dredging required to maintain a water depth of 40 feet to accommodate the ships for the new terminal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The book always stirred her up inside, dredging her memories.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee