elongates

Example Sentences

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Investment bankers might be salivating at the prospects, but ending one problematic combination doesn’t automatically open the floodgates for more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

While it’s no given, El Niño could open up the atmospheric floodgates in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

Syria said last week it had to open the Euphrates Dam floodgates for the first time in decades.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

"I was mortified," she says, "but eventually the desire to play outweighed the embarrassment. I wrote my first song, and that opened the floodgates."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

It has only been nine months since he died, and now my teacher wants me to open the floodgates and lose control of my emotions by writing a book?

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers