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 city, built on the skirt of a wall-like mountain, has a watergate and a landgate known as Bab al-Sákayn.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The watergate was open, and a wild rush of men, women, and children took place down to the boats.

From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)