gutter
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After installing gutters for Sears and growing frustrated with low product quality, he bought his first gutter machine in 1972 and founded the Senox Corp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
One might say “Beef” is in the gutter but looking at the stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” wrote Oscar Wilde.
From Barron's ● Apr. 6, 2026
The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
They had probably rolled into the rain gutter.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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After installing gutters for Sears and growing frustrated with low product quality, he bought his first gutter machine in 1972 and founded the Senox Corp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Hawaii's emergency management agency recommended residents clear gutters and drains and move valuables off the ground, seal gaps in doors and remove tree limbs that threaten their properties.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
A third contractor found hail damage across the entire roof and gutters and concluded both required replacement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Flooding in Accra is exacerbated by a poor drainage system, including clogged gutters and the construction of illegal structures on waterways.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The gutters, a mess of glass and garbage.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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Down a long slope, the Columbia River guttered below.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
“Y’know, basic things like in Chicago, the weather gets cold. It snows. The snow falls off the roof. Don’t design a slopping roof where the snow can’t be caught or guttered off somewhere.”
From The Verge ● Dec. 28, 2017
Many of today’s punks grew up in the halcyon nineties, when the flame of the culture had guttered out.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2017
In Maggie Bofill’s domestic comedy “Winners,” co-produced by the Ensemble Studio Theater and the Radio Drama Network, the home fires have guttered.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2015
Russell guttered into mind and my face grew hot.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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While the car’s Mood Modes include an accompanying soundtrack of thrumming, guttering performance sounds, I was happy to turn it off and rejoice in the well-wrought, hard-won quiet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Some buildings still have antique drainpipes and guttering - often an important design feature - which can overflow in heavy rain, sometimes damaging interiors as well as exteriors.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
And it’s still a rite of passage among Bardstown teens to see how far across the under-city you and your friends can get with your guttering Bic lighters and your courage.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023
Clouds of incense, guttering candles: Inside Lviv’s garrison church, singer Vasyl Hnypyuk’s high baritone rose and fell in cadence, supplementing the chanting of presiding priests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
She forgot the pain in her leg and the fiery barricade guttering out behind her.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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