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gutter

[guht-er] / ˈgʌt ər /


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Carbon says the drone had drifted slightly having lost the GPS signal and clipped the building's gutter on the way out.

From BBC May 6, 2026

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” wrote Oscar Wilde.

From Barron's Apr. 6, 2026

Indeed, everyone in Sennott’s LA throws around “I love yous” and air-kisses like chewing gum wrappers blowing into the gutter.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2025

He made a big wager on natural gas when prices were in the gutter, and he has funded Comstock’s exploration at a time when its rivals are sticking with Wall Street’s strict capital edicts.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

We started searching the gutter and sidewalk and the walls of people’s houses.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli

A third contractor found hail damage across the entire roof and gutters and concluded both required replacement.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Nevertheless, this man, grown out of Flea Bottom’s gutters, appropriates the tradition by holding his vows as a representation of lived reality, rather than as a mere ritual or badge of social class.

From Salon Feb. 25, 2026

Their leaves can block gutters, causing water damage to your home.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

Then there are some measures already required under previous wildfire regulations — such as removing dead vegetation like twigs and leaves, from the ground, roof and gutters — that are not under debate.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 13, 2026

The Alexandra of my childhood and youth was a shantytown of mostly shacks, a few decent houses, lots of gutters and lots of unpaved, potholed streets with numbers from First to Twenty-third.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Down a long slope, the Columbia River guttered below.

From Seattle Times Nov. 21, 2021

In her third round, a ball guttered on the left side for a change.

From New York Times Sep. 24, 2021

“Y’know, basic things like in Chicago, the weather gets cold. It snows. The snow falls off the roof. Don’t design a slopping roof where the snow can’t be caught or guttered off somewhere.”

From The Verge Dec. 28, 2017

Many of today’s punks grew up in the halcyon nineties, when the flame of the culture had guttered out.

From The New Yorker Apr. 8, 2017

Light entered as a trespasser, unwanted and unwelcome, and soon was gone again; cookfires, candles, and rushes burned for a little while, then guttered out again, their brief lives at an end.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The insurer told her the hail damage—to guttering and copper on the roof—tallied just $2,000, well below her policy’s deductible.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

And it’s still a rite of passage among Bardstown teens to see how far across the under-city you and your friends can get with your guttering Bic lighters and your courage.

From Salon Oct. 7, 2023

Clouds of incense, guttering candles: Inside Lviv’s garrison church, singer Vasyl Hnypyuk’s high baritone rose and fell in cadence, supplementing the chanting of presiding priests.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2023

Slates and guttering were also torn from the house.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2022

Hunched on a bench in the hallway, she looked like a guttering candle, its flame buffeted by the wind.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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