spillway
Example Sentences
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To handle the extra volume, engineers send surplus water down 5 Shaft into the deep pool below, much like an overflow spillway helps relieve pressure at a full reservoir.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Some of what they remove will be used to fill in the dam’s emergency spillway which is carved into the rock beside the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
Opening the spillway diverts Mississippi River water to Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne, after which it flows to the Mississippi Sound in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
The first thing I saw after claiming a parking spot was a vivid rainbow hanging in the mist above the dam’s spillway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
On this side of the lake there was a concrete wall with a spillway.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
