culvert
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Ducking into Maryam Lashkari, Hodjat Salimi and Oscar Tuazon’s interactive sculpture — an enormous cardboard tube lying on its side — feels like entering a culvert or a bomb shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Hottle and another passenger were in a 1995 Honda Accord driven by a 19-year-old man when it veered off a two-lane highway and struck a culvert, according to Frederick County Sheriff's Office.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
He said the culvert in question had a debris screen which did not require a padlock.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
The witness was also asked by the lawyer about safety issues that could have arisen for local families whose back gardens adjoin the waste ground where the culvert is located.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Safe inside the culvert, Frightful panted from fright, then quickly became calm.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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Sometimes at the bottom of those undulations are culverts, or Department of Homeland Security vehicles will pop up.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026
While councils had spent heavily to repair and upgrade infrastructure in the wake of recent storms, the report found there were still issues with culverts in many places.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
More than a month after the evacuation order was lifted, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged that multiple buildings in East Palestine were being contaminated as contractors cleaned contaminated culverts under and alongside buildings.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024
Removing blockages like culverts has restored the natural movements of many water bodies, creating new habitat for chum and other species.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Broadside on, the punt struck gently against two of the piers and stopped, pinned squarely across the mouth of one of the central culverts.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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