drainage
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By then, 10 days after the re-engineered cells were infused into his body, the buildup of extra fluids caused by Bronkhorst’s cancer had come to a halt, allowing doctors to remove a drainage tube.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The group became stranded in Mud Creek Canyon and were forced to create a small encampment, with little to no shelter, in the steep drainage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Dr Banerjee said there was a visible drainage channel, which suggests some water was already escaping downstream, adding that the its volume was "not alarmingly large" and appeared to have stabilised.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Some believe this acid mine drainage could help the United States improve its position in the increasingly vital rare earths market.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
After the zafra over, I work on drainage ditches for rice, I clear weeds, I cut and burn chaff.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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"During these drainages, extensive triangular fracture fields with cracks in the ice formed from 2019 onwards, which are shaped differently from all lake drainages I have seen so far," Humbert said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
The service warned mud, rock and debris flow will impact drainages, roads and residences, and — while not immediately likely — life-threatening debris flow is possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2025
Ghuge, the manager at Ola's Thane workshop, said reported service issues included battery drainages, software glitches and damaged wires.
From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2023
As cold and clear as chilled gin, the creek originates in drainages outside Yosemite National Park and tumbles down into the North Fork of the Merced River.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
Guianas and Amazon Basin; also in the upper Orinoco and Magdalena drainages.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman