spillway
Example Sentences
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Because the dam was constructed in a canyon too narrow to support a typical spillway, officials erected the unique engineering feature to still allow for drainage — the Morning Glory Hole.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
The New York Times first wrote about Lake Berryessa’s mesmerizing drain, interviewing Peter Kilkus, who was there hours after the spillway opened.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
However, opening the spillway also carries pollutants and nutrients into the Mississippi Sound and reduces salinity.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Lowry found fields of half-submerged corn, soybeans that had disappeared under the flooding almost entirely and rapids rushing from their spillway like a waterfall.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023
On this side of the lake there was a concrete wall with a spillway.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
