gutter
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After installing gutters for Sears and growing frustrated with low product quality, he bought his first gutter machine in 1972 and founded the Senox Corp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
One might say “Beef” is in the gutter but looking at the stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 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
The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
Out the window and into the rain gutter.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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At Fountains Abbey, this could include increasing drainage capacity and gutters to cope with heavier rainfall.
From BBC ● Oct. 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
When replacing their copper gutters a few years ago, they considered switching to aluminum, which would have been cheaper, but ultimately stuck with copper to preserve the home’s integrity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The gutters of the city overhead had dried, but old rain seeped and dripped from the glazed brick walls.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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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
But the man had turned away, his long cloak swirling so violently that the flame in the pitch pot guttered and smoked.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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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
Some buildings still have antique drainpipes and guttering - often an important design feature - which can overflow in heavy rain, sometimes damaging interiors as well as exteriors.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
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
She pretended to tend to the guttering flames while Richard spoke to his mother, but it was impossible not to listen in.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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