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culvert

noun as in ditch for flow of water

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In May 2015, one pipeline ruptured and gushed oil into a culvert under Highway 101 and eventually discharged into the Pacific Ocean.

The court heard it was raining at the time of the crash but there had been heavy downpours overnight, causing a culvert to block on the road.

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He said while Perkins was travelling at a "grossly excessive speed", the defendant "wasn’t to know there was blocked culvert on the carriageway" which caused him to aquaplane and hit Mr Jeanes.

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The soldier notices it and runs for cover, hiding in a drainage culvert by the roadside.

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Grimmett’s remains were discovered in 1983 when children playing in a culvert near the area of Canada and Old Trabuco roads in Lake Forest stumbled upon a human skull, authorities said.

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

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