millstream

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Recent Examples of millstream One of them is recorded in the Domesday Book, which was written in 1086, and pieces of a Roman millstone have recently been found in the bed of the millstream. Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2021
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Noun
  • Accounts in newspapers from the late 1800s and early 1900s describe manatee sightings in warm water refuges including canals, harbors, yacht basins, and even areas near power plants.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
  • There’s a scene where the two characters are walking above this really long mural that’s been painted on a canal.
    Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • An average of 15,000 tons of leaves are kept out of sewer systems and waterways through the city’s program, DPW estimates.
    Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Native to rivers and creeks in China and Southeast Asia, the bivalves have appeared in waterways elsewhere in Asia as well as South American countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • That episode led to the diversion of the Turia watercourse, which meant that a large part of the city was spared of these floods.
    Teresa Medrano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The flash floods battered regions like Barrio de la Torre in Valencia, where narrow streets became lethal watercourses.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Since their discovery in Lake Mead in 2007, those mussels have spread throughout aqueducts and reservoirs in Southern California.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Complicating the water squeeze, the city is repairing a big, leaky aqueduct that carries water from the Catskill region, so residents are relying more on reservoirs in the city’s northern suburbs.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • With a narrower flume, the action takes place closer to you.
    Robert Niles, Orange County Register, 19 Nov. 2024
  • All About Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Disney’s Upcoming Princess and The Frog Ride The basic components of the flume ride remain, including its famous 50-foot drop.
    Staff Author, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
Noun
  • In 2014, Kyrgyz and Tajik conscripts exchanged fire over a strategic sluice in Ak-Sai.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2016
  • At night Mulrooney put the floor sweepings through a sluice, gleaning an extra $100 or so in gold dust daily.
    Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The accident was the worst ever seen at the raceway, ABC News said.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The highway was closed just after 7 a.m. between exit 123 for Clear Spring Ranch and exit 122 for the raceway, agency officials said in a travel alert.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Both years saw major flooding and use of the spillway.
    Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The inspection found deterioration of the spillway outfall pipe, and trees growing upstream, downstream and along the embankment, the consent order states.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024

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“Millstream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millstream. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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