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culvert

[kuhl-vert] / ˈkʌl vərt /
NOUN
ditch for flow of water
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Hottle and another passenger were in a 1995 Honda Accord driven by a 19-year-old man when it veered off a two-lane highway and struck a culvert, according to Frederick County Sheriff's Office.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Six days after Noah's disappearance, his body was found in an underground drainage system more than six hundred metres downstream from the culvert inlet which is located behind homes at Northwood Road.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

McKee said: "It was an absolute shock to us that Noah had lost his life in a culvert that the department maintained."

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

The bridge spans a culvert, maintained by the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

Pax cocked his head to listen intently to the still-silent road above the culvert.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

Sometimes at the bottom of those undulations are culverts, or Department of Homeland Security vehicles will pop up.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026

Human waste spilled out of the overflowing communal latrines near Nyariaka’s house and into the fetid water filling the culverts.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025

Local authorities were hampered by limited budgets and - because many culverts cross public and private land - there were unclear responsibilities for maintenance.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

One priority should be upgrading the Saturn Boulevard river crossing, he said, where the culverts create a small waterfall, to eliminate the churning water that spews pollution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

Broadside on, the punt struck gently against two of the piers and stopped, pinned squarely across the mouth of one of the central culverts.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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