: a low-lying or depressed and often wet stretch of land
also
: a shallow depression on a golf course
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The motorcycle ended up in the right shoulder, while the Hyundai ended up in a swale separating the HOV lane from the travel lanes.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024
The Murano then crashed into an empty car parked on a swale and the Corolla side-swiped another unoccupied vehicle before crashing into a wooden fence.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Advertisement The swales are edged with meandering paths of smaller, 3/8-inch angular gravel, and mostly hidden by the plants.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
The land here was laser-leveled, and workers carved a swale to give juvenile salmon a way in and out when the plain floods.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024
The Murano then crashed into an empty car parked on a swale and the Corolla side-swiped another unoccupied vehicle before crashing into a wooden fence.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Advertisement The swales are edged with meandering paths of smaller, 3/8-inch angular gravel, and mostly hidden by the plants.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
The land here was laser-leveled, and workers carved a swale to give juvenile salmon a way in and out when the plain floods.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Swale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swale. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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