canal
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The canal loses 50 million gallons of water whenever a ship passes through, and is replenished by Lake Gatún, its main reservoir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The canal was already unusually busy as shippers avoided Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The canal operator said that "lower than forecast rainfall in the canal's watershed" called for measures to bolster the "long-term sustainability" of the waterway.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
He basically started with his emergence from the birth canal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The canal ran parallel on the other side, with a bridge crossing over it at the far end of the street.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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With majestic temples, markets and pyramids linked by canals and causeways, Tenochtitlan was home at its peak to some 200,000 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
These are the standard ingredients of bubbles from canals and railroads to the Great British Bicycle Bubble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Amsterdam came alive with music, colour and celebration on Saturday, as thousands of people flocked to the canals to watch the city's annual Pride boat parade.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
If you’ve ever fancied a gondola ride through Venice’s famous canals, now might be the time—many Americans have already grasped the opportunity this summer.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
They each took an oar and paddled out to join the bustling traffic on one of the main canals.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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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 Israel Zangwill
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 Francis Hackett
It consists of canalling, improving river navigation, rail-roads, and common turnpike roads.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
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 James Fenimore Cooper
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 John Mason Peck
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 Barlow Cumberland
The canalling is managed by a Board of Commissioners.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
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