canal
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Fencing exists along the aqueduct and MWD facilities “to prevent unauthorized access,” and signage warns about the dangers of entering the canal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
After a government irrigation canal next to his farm dried up recently just before this year’s rice-sowing season, he decided to sow corn instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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
It wasn't until they rowed back onto the canal that led behind the Mud House that Pong felt an old familiar unease creep up his spine.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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Some man-made canals such as Panama and Suez do charge tolls and fees for specific services.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Cities and towns will also get more from the federal canals that are part of the Central Valley Project.
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
The extension of canals and steamboat travel to some extent complemented, rather than competed with, the road’s livelihood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
She had no idea what the Adriatic Sea was like; She’d never heard of Bologna, and all she knew about Venice was vague stories about canals and gondolas.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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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 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
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
The stern part was taken down the long upper level by a small tug, but teams were employed in towing for all the remaining portions of the canalling.
From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Cumberland, Barlow
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 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.
It consists of canalling, improving river navigation, rail-roads, and common turnpike roads.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
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