irrigate
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Built to provide electricity for the southwestern United States and to irrigate Nevada, it was the great cause of Herbert Hoover.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
One of the two canals that irrigate it has been shut because the seawater would enter and damage the crops.
From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026
Winemakers in Argentina's wine capital rely on fresh water from the Andes mountains to irrigate their crops.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Fondomonte, part of the Saudi dairy giant Almarai, is by far the largest water user in the area, using dozens of wells to to irrigate alfalfa that it ships overseas to the Middle East.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
“Nope. Somebody else would irrigate that field for him.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing irrigate
Chapter 1: The First Americans
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 1–2
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Unit 1: Ecological Systems
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