watergate
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This is a very personal, literal watergate, and it has made Selleck the new face of celebrity drought-shaming, a term of our times for high-profile people who flout state-mandated efforts to curb water consumption.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2015
There it had been hoped to build a palace worthy of the Leauge of Nations with a magnificent watergate in memory of all the soldiers who were killed in the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Tenor had struck out for the nearest bank which, as luck would have it, brought him to the landing place at the watergate.
From The Heavenly Twins by Madame Sarah Grand
As the barge was making its way towards the watergate, it struck upon a hidden obstruction in the river and began to leak rapidly.
From By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
On an outlying work commanding the watergate eight thirty-two pounders were mounted.
From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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