culvert
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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
A lawyer for Fiona Donohoe, Noah's mother, explained to the inquest that the teenager died after "having got access through a hatch or bars" at the culvert.
From BBC ● May 8, 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 bridge spans a culvert, maintained by the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
“There’s been a new development. S.Q. went back down to the culvert just now, to take one last look around. And he found something.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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McKee also explained that there are two types of screens used at culverts - a security screen or a debris screen.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Sometimes at the bottom of those undulations are culverts, or Department of Homeland Security vehicles will pop up.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026
Human waste spilled out of the overflowing communal latrines near Nyariaka’s house and into the fetid water filling the culverts.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
For example, these forces have prompted cougars to adapt by becoming more nocturnal, using culverts or taking riskier crossings across fragmented landscapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
Soon this habit of outside resting was extended to caves, outbuildings, and culverts and to the foliage and trunks of orange trees.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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