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sluice

[sloos] / slus /


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People on social media brandish gold-flecked pans and nuggets while showing off their equipment, ranging from old-fashioned picks to gold-separating sluice boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Since November, the gantry cranes that open and close the sluice gates have barely moved, though it was not clear if they had not been working.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Satellite images showed water washing over damaged sluice gates.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2023

At the mining sluice, kids can pan for up to 20 gemstones and treasures.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

In a sluice of seconds, they were dressed, back in the living room, Play pressed on the video recorder.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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