sewer

Example Sentences

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Friends and loved ones continued to comb the area for signs of Cynthia, searching creeks and sewer drains and putting up flyers on utility poles.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

"We don't have the capacity to support a million gallons of sewer coming off that site."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

He said acquiring the additional sewer capacity would cost as much as $12 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

She’d reported fires, trash, homeless camps and, last year, people living in the sewer, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The game all along was to get my hand in a sewer.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri