watergate
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This is a very personal, literal watergate, and it has made Selleck the new face of celebrity drought-shaming, a term of our times for high-profile people who flout state-mandated efforts to curb water consumption.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2015
There it had been hoped to build a palace worthy of the Leauge of Nations with a magnificent watergate in memory of all the soldiers who were killed in the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the barge was making its way towards the watergate, it struck upon a hidden obstruction in the river and began to leak rapidly.
From By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Matters came to a complete standstill; and shortly prior to his assassination the elder Villiers is reported to have stolen part of the stone for a watergate for his new town house.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Arthur Dimock
The Tenor had struck out for the nearest bank which, as luck would have it, brought him to the landing place at the watergate.
From The Heavenly Twins by Madame Sarah Grand
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