Examples of water main in a Sentence
The water main burst and flooded the street.
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Another water main break in 2016 that was not repaired for seven years left a massive, waterlogged ditch next to a golf course.
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Catherine Coleman Flowers, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Russian Missile Barrage Forces Ukraine to Shut Down Power Grid
By Brendan Cole
Senior News Reporter
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Russia has launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on the center of Kyiv, killing four people, destroying a McDonald's restaurant and rupturing a water main.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
As Waukegan has repeatedly experienced single-digit temperatures followed a few days later by readings 20 to 30 degrees higher, the likelihood of water main breaks followed by boil-water orders has increased significantly.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Water service is also being impacted in eastern Henrico County, where there is low or no water pressure due to the combined effects of water services being rerouted from Richmond's water plant and a water main break, county officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Catherine Coleman Flowers, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Russian Missile Barrage Forces Ukraine to Shut Down Power Grid
By Brendan Cole
Senior News Reporter
13
Russia has launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on the center of Kyiv, killing four people, destroying a McDonald's restaurant and rupturing a water main.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
As Waukegan has repeatedly experienced single-digit temperatures followed a few days later by readings 20 to 30 degrees higher, the likelihood of water main breaks followed by boil-water orders has increased significantly.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Water service is also being impacted in eastern Henrico County, where there is low or no water pressure due to the combined effects of water services being rerouted from Richmond's water plant and a water main break, county officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Water main.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20main. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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