creek

“I started on my grandpa’s back, just floating down the creek with a life jacket on,” he told me during a recent phone interview from the Red Rock prison.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

He fears the project will silt up the creek and Flathead Lake and destroy fish and habitat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

While recording in a park one evening, Jack picks up the sound of a car tire exploding before he sees the vehicle careen off the road and into a creek.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

John Quincy Adams swam in a nearby creek.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

I dreaded going to the creek without him.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Their preferred rivers and creeks had gone dry from a record drought.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

New dams and debris basins turned the vast natural waterways and springs and creeks of old L.A. into a chutes-and-ladders system to divert and hold back water and mud, before the next time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Flash flooding will be possible in creeks, normally dry washes, swimming holes, and over recently burned areas,” the agency warned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

The EPA has also said the area is safe, following the vacuuming of chemicals from creeks and removal of more than 240,000 tons of contaminated soil, among other things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

There was the excitement of fishing in muddy country creeks with my grandpa on cloudy days.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright