canal

Example Sentences

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It was created by a break in a canal carrying water from the Colorado River in the early 1900s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is a natural passage, not a man-made canal running through sovereign territory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Some patients are given a choice: have the tooth removed on the NHS or have specialist root canal work to save it, but only if they are prepared to go private, she says.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The researchers found several encouraging changes in patients after successful root canal treatment.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

She had absentmindedly let the crowd carry her along like a current, and they had pulled her away from the main canal, onto a narrow street.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat