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gutter

[guht-er] / ˈgʌt ər /


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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

"The plants do not touch the ground. We use large industrial pipes split completely in half to form long, rounded gutter containers," Sequeira explains.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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

She stood three steps from Lewis Powell as the soldier asked, “Do you know this man? And did you hire him to come and dig a gutter for you?”

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Neither book argues for a return to the olfactory world of the past, and surely nobody wants streets where sewage runs in the gutters and rivers are fouled by industrial waste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

In the undisciplined groups the babies crawled into gutters and the older girls each acted as if she were alone, a daughter among slaves.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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

Russell guttered into mind and my face grew hot.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

One resident, 87-year-old Janet Roper said she has been left with "hideous" guttering inside her house, running into a bucket too heavy for her to lift when it was full.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2022

Slughorn and Harry stared at each other over the guttering candle.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling


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