reservoir
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This style of investing requires a deeper reservoir of patience than you might realize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The newly restored West Mebon temple rises from a reservoir at Cambodia's sprawling Angkor archaeological complex, the latest in a century of conservation projects led by former colonial power France.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
It said it received reports of two men carrying a bow and arrows while walking along a track by the reservoir on Military Road in the Harlow Hill area.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
California water regulators have approved a permit for Sites Reservoir, clearing the way for construction of the state’s first new major reservoir in decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Having made the switch, Dick had dropped the Iowa plates in a municipal reservoir.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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But he added that water demand must be managed properly, adding that ABH is trying to boost the capacity of Batam's six reservoirs by dredging them, with cloud seeding another option in dry periods.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
According to the Environment Agency 11 reservoirs are still classed as 'exceptionally low'.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“You pump water out of the rivers to put in reservoirs so that these farmers have water in the desert,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The combination of reservoirs and desalination plants can heal the Southwest of perpetual drought, and California will probably be able to sell excess water to Arizona, Nevada and Northern Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Rains then carry part of the arsenic into streams, rivers, and reservoirs, as well as into the vast subterranean seas of groundwater.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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