irrigation
Example Sentences
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Keeping that water cold enough for salmon puts limits on how much water federal managers can deliver from Lake Shasta — a vital irrigation supply for Central Valley farmers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
The shallow furrows fail to stir emotion and are about as exciting as the irrigation channels they bring to mind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Instead, the results provide a clearer picture of how plants distribute chemical compounds that enter through irrigation water.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
In Kafr Abdallah Aziza, the pressures are clear: cracked irrigation canals cut jagged lines through unpaved roads, carrying only a trickle of water to parched fields.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
They built one of the most extensive networks of irrigation canals in the world at that time.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
