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“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

“Some are free to choose between penthouse suites, while others are free to choose in which gutter to lay their heads.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

But he realised the falcons were having no success because they had laid their eggs in a metal gutter, which acts as a heat sink, drawing warmth away from the nest.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

I sit up, peer down over the edge of the gutter, and see the old Ford.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

It’s now the largest supplier of seamless gutters in Texas, employs around 350 people and had around $50 million in sales in 2021, according to the National Establishment Time Series database.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

The University of Plymouth's Cosmic Dust in the City project aims to "inspire curiosity" and encourage people to scour gutters and rooftops safely in the quest for micrometeorites.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

Expensive furs and clothing and other goods lay dumped in the gutters.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

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

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

She forgot the pain in her leg and the fiery barricade guttering out behind her.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan