rivulets
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His uniform and scalp were lined with glistening rivulets of oil, water, soot and sweat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
At Domingo Albacete's olive farm soil erosion has left rivulets of rubble and stone.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
It is a simple, powerful illustration of an American workplace, boiling like a pot of tomato sauce, ready to spit hot rivulets of grievance at anyone who stirs it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
In summers, Sonam would take his goats to the plains near Phobrang, where they ate grass on the banks of small, glacier-fed rivulets, he recalled.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2023
They swayed, for the rivulets of grief or of ecstasy must be rocked.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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