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

The trashman turned them down another canal, then another, picking up more baskets of rotting garbage before returning to the wide highway of traffic on the river.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat