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waterworks

noun as in aqueduct

noun as in water supply

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Example Sentences

When I ask them what they learned from each other near the end of our hour-long conversation, the waterworks hit.

Kate teases a secret throughout the show, building suspense about the scarring childhood experience that permanently clogged her waterworks.

That the government is always caught unawares shows a depressing underinvestment in the waterworks of its cities and its rural areas.

From BBC

It didn’t take long for the waterworks to start on Friday at Lumen Field and test that theory.

Burned cars and rubble from damaged buildings blocked roads and men worked around the neighborhood to fix broken electricity lines and waterworks.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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