canal
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The pipe lies below surface and runs parallel to the ground, draining into the canal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
It appears the man may have entered the pipe from a canal that runs along the train tracks near Commerce and Cottage streets in Riverside, Hallgreen said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
"This canal is far from something we can call a habitat," he adds.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The handheld device, developed by Afferent Medical Solutions, uses two small clips positioned on the tragus, the small flap of cartilage located just in front of the ear canal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Across the town square I pedaled, over the canal on the Grote Hout bridge and along the Wagenweg, reveling in the thin winter sunshine.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The state also helped local agencies bring in diesel-powered pumps and other equipment to suck water out of rivers and into canals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
The rain has fallen almost continually since Thursday afternoon, flooding roads and swelling Bangkok's canals, sending water into many homes and restaurants alongside them, AFP reporters saw.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The rain is expected to continue into Sunday, raising fears that more canals could burst their banks.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
During the last floods in 2023, many siphoned water from the brimming canals to their fields.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
We walked through the streets toward the canals.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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The warmth at his heart annulled whatever of chill stole in at the grayness of the canaled streets of the northern city after the color and glow of Porto.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
Hindu temples, for the many Guyanese descended from laborers from the Indian subcontinent, dot Georgetown’s canalled streets.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2010
And he should never be blocked in: he should at most be canalled.
From The Invisible Censor by Francis Hackett
The stern part was taken down the long upper level by a small tug, but teams were employed in towing for all the remaining portions of the canalling.
From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Barlow Cumberland
The system of canalling is a system of slack-water navigation, but abhors stagnant water.
From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Robert A. Wilson
The canalling is managed by a Board of Commissioners.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
The spirit of improvement throughout the United States, especially evidenced in canalling, and rail-roads, will, it is hoped, in a few years, open modes of communication, which as yet are wanting, with the markets.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
It consists of canalling, improving river navigation, rail-roads, and common turnpike roads.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
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