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sewer

[soo-er] / ˈsu ər /


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Yet “most expenses related to housing are fixed or nonnegotiable, including mortgage payments, water & sewer charges, insurance, fuel, and electricity, leaving maintenance as the largest single category of discretionary operating costs.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Soon, he had painted his first sewer flower.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the open sewer outside, plastic bags and bottles drift through charcoal-grey sludge, its stench thick in the air.

From BBC

Rats live in drains, sewers and burrows, and emerge mostly at night, so counting them is nearly impossible and estimates on rat population figures vary.

From BBC

She hopes they will soon get some backup electricity, even if it’s just to power the wells and sewer system.

From Los Angeles Times