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inlet

[in-let, -lit, in-let, in-let] / ˈɪn lɛt, -lɪt, ˈɪnˌlɛt, ɪnˈlɛt /


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New Smyrna Beach is a surf break near a fish-rich inlet that attracts sharks, leading to bites, said Naylor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

It also employs variable inlet geometry that instantly and precisely meters boost, air charge and bypass, reducing throttle latency and increasing efficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Older power stations have simply placed a grill across the inlet pipes, filtering out fish, which are killed in the process.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2026

That's because fish have to swim within two metres of the pipe inlet heads, and the estuary is 22km wide at that point.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2026

The floor of the Salinas Valley, between the ranges and below the foothills, is level because this valley used to be the bottom of a hundred- mile inlet from the sea.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Another entry point is the 400-mile Guadalquivir River, a labyrinthine waterway of channels and inlets.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

The whales feast all summer long, and only then embark on a 6,000-mile journey south to Mexico, where females calve and nurse their young in the warm and protected inlets along the Baja Peninsula.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2024

Yes, the Red Bull has a couple of vertical air inlet slats, and the old Mercedes had a much larger vertical entry on its zero-pod car, whereas most cars use high-mounted horizontal inlets.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2024

Those seals are installed by the supplier of the inlets: Collins Aerospace, now part of RTX, formerly known as Raytheon.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2024

I wondered if I should waste my time going up any of these little creeks and inlets now that they had found Mrs. DiAngelo downriver.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

She was about to reach and, as Ab supposed, pass one of the inletting paths entering almost at right angles from the left.

From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Stanley Waterloo




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