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culvert

[kuhl-vert] / ˈkʌl vərt /
NOUN
ditch for flow of water
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Ducking into Maryam Lashkari, Hodjat Salimi and Oscar Tuazon’s interactive sculpture — an enormous cardboard tube lying on its side — feels like entering a culvert or a bomb shelter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Hottle and another passenger were in a 1995 Honda Accord driven by a 19-year-old man when it veered off a two-lane highway and struck a culvert, according to Frederick County Sheriff's Office.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Mr Justice Rooney also reminded the jury about how some of the searchers who examined the culvert entrance for the first time shouted down the tunnel.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

McKee said: "It was an absolute shock to us that Noah had lost his life in a culvert that the department maintained."

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

The adventure had taken him far from the culvert.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

McKee also explained that there are two types of screens used at culverts - a security screen or a debris screen.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Sometimes at the bottom of those undulations are culverts, or Department of Homeland Security vehicles will pop up.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026

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

Excess erosion has also clogged countless culverts, blocked roadways and buried infrastructure, increasing flood and safety concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024

Some found the sewer and some worked their way up the hill to the reservoir and some went into culverts and some only hid among the weeds in the vacant lot.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck


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