spillway

Example Sentences

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Some of what they remove will be used to fill in the dam’s emergency spillway which is carved into the rock beside the river.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

Issues with the spillway gates have been addressed, O’Dell said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

However, opening the spillway also carries pollutants and nutrients into the Mississippi Sound and reduces salinity.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Lowry found fields of half-submerged corn, soybeans that had disappeared under the flooding almost entirely and rapids rushing from their spillway like a waterfall.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023

On this side of the lake there was a concrete wall with a spillway.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya