runoff

Example Sentences

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The race will likely end up a runoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Irrigation runoff from farm fields kept it going.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

When Gleick wrote his dissertation at UC Berkeley in the 1980s, he examined a range of climate scenarios and analyzed how rising temperatures would likely change the timing of runoff in Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

In an effort to stand out and make it through to a June runoff, many candidates are amping up the rhetoric.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

We know that pesticides contained in runoff from farms and forests are now being carried to the sea in the waters of many and perhaps all of the major rivers.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson