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rivulet

[riv-yuh-lit] / ˈrɪv yə lɪt /


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Drying vents affixed to massive undulating columns blast air until every rivulet of water disappears.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

I felt a rivulet of rain run down my neck.

From Slate • May 21, 2020

Pierce the delicate noodles with fork or teeth and the prize is a warm rivulet of pureed corn, butter and fresh thyme: a rush of summer that lingers on the tongue.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2019

Menashe’s hummus is magnificent, a ring of silky, airy purée surrounding a big spoonful of chunkier, denser stuff; a green rivulet of olive oil; smears of spicy, smoky harissa and green puréed herbs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2018

But they were bigger and faster, and he skidded down a slope to a little rivulet.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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