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canal

[kuh-nal] / kəˈnæl /


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The park and its surroundings exploded into a collective cheer that tickled my rib cage and resonated deep in my ear canal to the point I had to cover my ears.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Unveiling a plaque, he said: "My parents' canal journeys ended here in 2019, but they moored here for 20 years before that."

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

"Then, when you go to put it in your ear, pull on your ear lobe with the opposite hand to open up the ear canal, insert the earplug and let it fully expand."

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

The five-bedroom, 5,600-square-foot mansion overlooks a canal and features built-ins, marble floors, and a three-car garage.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

But then Hannie pointed to a tree further down the canal.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Surrounded at the rally by about 90 of the last remaining working boats on England's canals, Samuel West recalled childhood holidays on the "cut".

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

The Central Valley Project includes 20 dams and about 500 miles of aqueducts and canals, stretching from the Redding area to near Bakersfield.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Researchers caution that this does not mean root canals are a treatment for diabetes.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

There, Lowell convinced himself that alien-built canals crisscrossed the Martian surface, though anyone who has observed Mars with a similar telescope knows it’s hard to see much detail at all.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Imperial canals circle the square, holding jeweled boats bright as gemstones and shaped like smiling moons on midnight-blue water.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The warmth at his heart annulled whatever of chill stole in at the grayness of the canaled streets of the northern city after the color and glow of Porto.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

Hindu temples, for the many Guyanese descended from laborers from the Indian subcontinent, dot Georgetown’s canalled streets.

From New York Times May 9, 2010

And he should never be blocked in: he should at most be canalled.

From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis

The system of canalling is a system of slack-water navigation, but abhors stagnant water.

From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Wilson, Robert A.

Those of the latter are more generally found about our large towns and cities, and along the lines of canalling.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

The spirit of improvement throughout the United States, especially evidenced in canalling, and rail-roads, will, it is hoped, in a few years, open modes of communication, which as yet are wanting, with the markets.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

We had a good deal of difficulty at first in our canalling, especially in meeting and passing vessels.

From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Cumberland, Barlow

Indeed, I never can believe I am at sea at all, on the Atlantic, the passages between New-York and Portsmouth being little more than so much canalling along a tow-path.

From Home as Found by Cooper, James Fenimore




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