irrigate

We irrigate our lawns and other greenery, which is a boon to the beetles because they need moist landscapes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

A water source gets contaminated in some way, and that water is then used to irrigate a field.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

But farmers are drawing heavily from the waterways to irrigate fields parched by the heat.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Built to provide electricity for the southwestern United States and to irrigate Nevada, it was the great cause of Herbert Hoover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

“Others will move into the houses over here and begin to irrigate the land. You’ll see. We’re going to buy all this land back one way or another.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

"Discharges seep into the water, flow into the nearby river that irrigates farmland, and end up in the fruit and vegetables on our plates."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nearby, water pumped from the Ogallala Aquifer irrigates fields of peanuts and cotton.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

And because most pumped groundwater irrigates crops, major declines in availability could lead to a global food crisis.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2023

It also irrigates California’s powerful agriculture industry while providing drinking water to 25 million people.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

It has recently been restored by government, and is capable of irrigating 15,000 acres; while the Giant’s Tank, which has also been restored, irrigates 20,000 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

For golf courses this means the greens and tees can be irrigated but the fairways cannot.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Janssen explained that 200 units of nitrogen are used per acre of irrigated corn.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

The property features three creeks that “meander through the ranch for over five miles,” as well as irrigated meadows and “historic water rights irrigating 1,200 acres.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

Las Vegas lives on tourism, the industry irrigated by rivers of disposable income.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2025

The most productive Polynesian agriculture was taro cultivation in irrigated fields.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Italy’s longest river, the Po, is essential for irrigating farmland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Christine Devin, who arrived in 1974 after travelling overland on the hippie trail from Paris, remembers digging wells, irrigating the land and everyone pitching in to build houses and communal buildings like the solar kitchen.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The state’s action will prohibit landowners from irrigating any additional farmland in this part of La Paz County and require those with high-capacity wells to start reporting how much water they use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

He had to start irrigating his fields in March.

From BBC ● May 14, 2025

“Then what you’re saying, Em, is that this Joe Mondragon is illegally irrigating his father’s land, or his own land as the case may be, over there on the west side.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols