culvert
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Six days after Noah's disappearance, his body was found in an underground drainage system more than six hundred metres downstream from the culvert inlet which is located behind homes at Northwood Road.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The bridge spans a culvert, maintained by the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
Once thought extinct, they were rediscovered in a metal culvert in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
A hole might have formed in the culvert from rust, age, damage, or other causes, leading water to seep from the soil fill into the culvert, weakening the structure.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025
Orcs had crept like rats through the culvert through which the stream flowed out.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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