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dredging

VERB
deepen
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Authorities have recommended measures including providing safer boats and life jackets, dredging waterways, deploying water guards at jetties and terminals, and ensuring boat operators are properly trained and licensed.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

"We are making efforts to maintain a navigable channel as much as possible -- albeit a narrower one -- so that navigation is not completely blocked," he added of the administration's dredging operations.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Prétat said Chinese researchers might well have been focused on conservation, but that the data they collected could also help plan future construction or dredging.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

The extraordinary speed of this dredging operation is probably some kind of world record.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

The book always stirred her up inside, dredging her memories.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee



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