pumps

Example Sentences

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Pumps trying to divert the river were struggling to cope, said the authority.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024

Pumps are seen at a Showa Shell Sekiyu gas station in Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 2015.

From Reuters • May 2, 2022

The Yazoo Pumps project would have involved the construction of a 14,000 cubic-feet-per-second pumping plant in the Yazoo Backwater Area to drain water, primarily from low-lying agricultural lands, during floods.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2021

Pumps and derricks were everywhere, extending into the ocean itself.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2021

Blue Pumps laughed, and then they were gone.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez