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rivulet

[riv-yuh-lit] / ˈrɪv jə lɪt /


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Drying vents affixed to massive undulating columns blast air until every rivulet of water disappears.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024

Then there’s the lone tear that Denzel Washington releases as he is whipped in “Glory”: Two centuries of exploitation in a rivulet of damnation.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022

Menashe’s hummus is magnificent, a ring of silky, airy purée surrounding a big spoonful of chunkier, denser stuff; a green rivulet of olive oil; smears of spicy, smoky harissa and green puréed herbs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2018

It’s July, it’s hot and I’d give anything for a pool, lake, stream or even the merest rivulet to dive into.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2016

But they were bigger and faster, and he skidded down a slope to a little rivulet.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste


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