culvert
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The family barrister said nobody had told the residents about potential risks and the department had not advised the residents that there was no padlock on the culvert hatch.
From BBC • May 8, 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
The bridge spans a culvert, maintained by the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
A hole might have formed in the culvert from rust, age, damage, or other causes, leading water to seep from the soil fill into the culvert, weakening the structure.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025
“There’s been a new development. S.Q. went back down to the culvert just now, to take one last look around. And he found something.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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