drainage
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The rainfall — also unusual for this time of year — did not help with drainage issues over the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
By then, 10 days after the re-engineered cells were infused into his body, the buildup of extra fluids caused by Bronkhorst’s cancer had come to a halt, allowing doctors to remove a drainage tube.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
She said freshwater habitats were declining due to drainage and land clearance, habitat mismanagement and pollution.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The water emerging from the mine is trapped in a basin where ochre-colored deposits, typical of acid mine drainage, are visible.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
A doctor operated to save my life by inserting a drainage system beneath my scalp.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
“The wind has been relatively erratic, and as fire gets established in the drainages, fire intensity increases and starts to make pretty significant upslope runs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
As these sudden drainages took place, the glacier surface began to fracture in unexpected ways.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
Ghuge, the manager at Ola's Thane workshop, said reported service issues included battery drainages, software glitches and damaged wires.
From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2023
It cites environmental concerns associated with the construction, claiming Arizona has "cut down and removed scores of trees, clogged drainages, and degraded the habitat of species listed under the Endangered Species Act".
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
C. b. crebrus now is known to inhabit all the major drainages of the Raft River, Goose Creek, and Grouse Creek mountains.
From Additional Records and Extensions of Known Ranges of Mammals from Utah by Stephen D. Durrant
