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The city was heavily damaged by the 2023 destruction of the Kakhovka dam, which unleashed major flooding along the Dnipro River.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

One morning last month, Paxon, now a 79-year-old county commissioner, pointed to where the diminished reservoir lapped at the base of the 301-foot dam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

With 65 miles of lush trails, a historic mission dam and the highest mountain in the city of San Diego, Mission Trails Regional Park is worth exploring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

That happened back in 2023, after nine years of campaigning, and halted the construction of a hydropower dam that would have damaged the ecosystem.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

To cry now would be to unleash something, a deluge she wasn’t sure she’d be able to dam once released.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

According to Mr. Kean, the Indus Valley people specialized in big infrastructure projects, such as dams, reservoirs and early sewers that carried waste safely out of their settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Then dams and expanding farmlands dried it up and turned it into a patchwork of fields, roads and towns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 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

Once the creatures establish their territory, their dams, canals and wetlands can help to create new habitats for other wildlife and keep water in the landscape for longer.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

He had rabbits that came to eat from his hands and deer that walked down to drink at his dams every morning and never ran off when he talked to them.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

According to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, a dammed lake upstream of the Gyirong Port in Tibet has begun overflowing, forcing a temporary suspension of rescue operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

"The sheer wave of debris suggests there could have been a landslide first; the water built up, dammed the river, and then it burst in one huge great flood," he told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Stained glass windows on the west side of the church, in the direct path of the storm, were shattered, allowing rain inside in addition to dammed stormwater forced into the building, Glenn said.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024

A creek had been dammed, creating ponds that slowed the flow of water so the surrounding earth had more time to sop it up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

I walk into the eucalyptus grove to where the pond is dammed with earth and a weave of gnarled tree roots.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

That mass of rock and ice plunged about 800 metres onto a debris-covered glacier, before surging downhill, briefly damming the Lhende River.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Organisers said the chances of seeing the nocturnal animals during the day would be slim but added the tours would offer a first hand look at the animals' damming and digging skills.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

Habitat destruction, damming, and pollution have decimated local populations, such that many species are in dire need of help.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

The fight between environmentalists and dam builders escalated in the 1960s, after the bureau proposed damming the Colorado River next to another U.S. treasure: Grand Canyon National Park.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024

I dropped the crushed pods into the pot, filled it with water, and waited for it to finish damming.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram