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canal

[kuh-nal] / kəˈnæl /


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He said he did not believe this was Hounslow Council's fault, but that it needed attention "if we do want to develop usage of the canal, particularly for children on the water".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Residents in Brentford have raised concerns about sewage flowing into the local canal network, with dead animals washing up over the summer.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Our house was underwater for about 30 hours," office worker Kosin Nilset, who lives along the Premprachakorn canal on the outskirts of the capital, told AFP on Sunday morning.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

His surviving notes capture ordinary moments from daily life, including records of how much he spent on food for his children along the canal.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

We climb out on the bank on our side of the canal and watch to see whether they go into the house, for they might easily have been lying.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

He traveled as a private citizen, rather than a politician, reveling in the region’s splendors, its ruins and estates, gardens and canals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Water levels in Bangkok's network of canals remained high on Sunday morning, with authorities working to speed up drainage, the BMA said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 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 Venetian Resort, at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, is already a surreal place—the interior includes an indoor St. Mark’s Square with chlorine-blue canals, old-timey lampposts, and a painted blue sky.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

The canals had been dredged from swampland; the picturesque waterfront hacked out of the lakeside by the shovelful.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

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

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 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

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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