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canal

[kuh-nal] / kəˈnæl /


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She added: "I acknowledge the efforts of the officers and members of the public who entered the canal to rescue this man. I know they will be devastated that his life couldn't ultimately be saved."

From BBC Aug. 31, 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

Higdon once had to pull a calf from the birth canal of its mother during a complex delivery.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

“This place is really cool,” Carmen said as we sat at the edge of the little hill overlooking the canal.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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

Some ships linked to the Russian government also sail from the Caspian via rivers and canals to the Black Sea where they can transit onward to other ports elsewhere in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

By contrast, canals such as Panama or Suez, which are man‑made waterways, may be subject to tolls levied by the states that control them.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

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

But Miami’s canals were places you definitely did not want to go swimming.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

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

When I got old enough, and had money enough, I was determined to go west and seek my fortune; for I always felt that canalling was, somehow, beneath what I wanted to do and become.

From Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick

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

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

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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