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culvert

[kuhl-vert] / ˈkʌl vərt /
NOUN
ditch for flow of water
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Hottle died Tuesday morning after the car she was a passenger in crashed into a culvert off the side of the road in Ijamsville, Md., the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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

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 family barrister said nobody had told the residents about potential risks and the department had not advised the residents that there was no padlock on the culvert hatch.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

At first he almost tipped us all back into the water, but he lunged and his frantic strength pulled Florence over the side of the culvert.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

He navigated through culverts and climbed a steep hill of about 300 feet before hitting a hiking trail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

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

An illustration can help the community recognize potential threats, whether from the air or from culverts beneath their buildings, and see where testing and guidance are needed.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

Had they come over the common, among the shining wires, through the thunderstorm, the culverts on the great river, to die at the claws of General Woundwort?

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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