dike
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To suggest the Dutch are clueless about combat is like suggesting they don’t know how to build a dike.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
“And when you were up on the rock, then every crystal, crack, and ripple was endowed with indissoluble, life-saving importance, each dike and chickenhead inalienably itself.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
The organization will run out of money for dike maintenance in Bentiu by February, after months of some of the most severe flooding in years.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
The dike surpassed expectations, leading to an increase of over 10 feet in water levels after seven months.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
The dark line they had seen was not a line of trees but a line of bushes growing on the edge of a deep dike with a steep wall on the further side.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing dike
Western Europe - Introductory
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Western Europe - Middle School and High School
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Early Civilizations of China, Lessons 1–3
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