washout

Example Sentences

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"The railway industry needs to think through the implications of severe weather on its infrastructure, whilst also looking to the behaviour of trains should they derail after striking obstructions such as washouts and landslips."

From BBC

Sarah Coles, a personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said July was a "washout for sales".

From BBC

“We have lots of washouts on both sides of Torch Lake we are finding this morning,” County Road Commission office manager Dale Farrier told the newspaper Wednesday morning.

From Seattle Times

It follows a weekend of downpours in which the worst washouts were in southern Scotland and northern England.

From BBC

That 20-mile stretch sees the greatest number of visitors, and the canal towpath in this section is an embarrassment of dilapidation, washouts, weeds, ruts and graffiti.

From Washington Post