culvert
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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 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
The bridge spans a culvert, maintained by the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
Once thought extinct, they were rediscovered in a metal culvert in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
He climbed, circled the culvert once, then boarded an air current that carried him off toward the Hudson River.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
He navigated through culverts and climbed a steep hill of about 300 feet before hitting a hiking trail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Sometimes at the bottom of those undulations are culverts, or Department of Homeland Security vehicles will pop up.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026
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
More than a month after the evacuation order was lifted, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged that multiple buildings in East Palestine were being contaminated as contractors cleaned contaminated culverts under and alongside buildings.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024
Soon this habit of outside resting was extended to caves, outbuildings, and culverts and to the foliage and trunks of orange trees.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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