watergate

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This is a very personal, literal watergate, and it has made Selleck the new face of celebrity drought-shaming, a term of our times for high-profile people who flout state-mandated efforts to curb water consumption.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2015

There it had been hoped to build a palace worthy of the Leauge of Nations with a magnificent watergate in memory of all the soldiers who were killed in the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the barge was making its way towards the watergate, it struck upon a hidden obstruction in the river and began to leak rapidly.

From By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

So it came about that the day was closing before the soldiers challenged them from the watergate, asking who they were and whither they went.

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Haggard, Henry Rider

Matters came to a complete standstill; and shortly prior to his assassination the elder Villiers is reported to have stolen part of the stone for a watergate for his new town house.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Dimock, Arthur