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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

Her husband diligently cleans every gutter and any sort of debris that could allow rain to pool near their home, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025

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

A lean cat stalked the gutter and fled as they approached; turned to watch them, with yellow, malevolent eyes, from the ambush of a garbage can.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Walters of Natchez, Miss., who left a career in computer science to pursue a more lucrative calling—manufacturing and installing seamless gutters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Hawaii's emergency management agency recommended residents clear gutters and drains and move valuables off the ground, seal gaps in doors and remove tree limbs that threaten their properties.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

The second adjuster confirmed that the entire roof and gutters had sustained hail damage from the same storm the agent had inspected for.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

They also have to remove leaves, twigs and needles from gutters, and they already cannot keep exposed firewood in piles next to their house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026

Rain came down around us like an afterthought, running down through the gutters of the nearby buildings.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Down a long slope, the Columbia River guttered below.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021

The markets, meanwhile, had guttered, Bear Stearns had folded in front of his eyes and, terrifyingly, the smartest people he knew had no idea what was going on.

From New York Times ● May 6, 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

One more guttered out even as she watched, and the darkness came a little farther down the hall, creeping toward her.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

While the car’s Mood Modes include an accompanying soundtrack of thrumming, guttering performance sounds, I was happy to turn it off and rejoice in the well-wrought, hard-won quiet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

Suddenly she was holding two old-fashioned reed torches, guttering with fire.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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