canal
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In 1869, the year the canal opened, he made a trip to Cairo to show his sketches to Isma’il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
He began to imagine a colossal lighthouse sculpture, placed on a huge plinth at the canal entrance, in the form of an Egyptian peasant woman holding up a torch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
It appears the man may have entered the pipe from a canal that runs along the train tracks near Commerce and Cottage streets in Riverside, Hallgreen said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
The pipe lies below surface and runs parallel to the ground, draining into the canal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
They burst into little clouds that slowly sank to the bottom of the canal, and I wondered how many creatures would come out once night had fallen.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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Much of it flows through the Central Arizona Project, the series of canals that run from the river to the Phoenix and Tucson areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The state also helped local agencies bring in diesel-powered pumps and other equipment to suck water out of rivers and into canals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
The rain has fallen almost continually since Thursday afternoon, flooding roads and swelling Bangkok's canals, sending water into many homes and restaurants alongside them, AFP reporters saw.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The rain is expected to continue into Sunday, raising fears that more canals could burst their banks.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The cushions were so soft and the gentle rocking of the boat along the canals always made him so wonderfully sleepy.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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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
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 Robert A. Wilson
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 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 Barlow Cumberland
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
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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