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The Evanston order affected only the part of the city nearest the water main break.—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 The pre-dawn attack ruptured a water main near the city center, sending water cascading through the streets around the battered facade of the Lukianivska subway station.—Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 In Henrico, a water main break in Highland Springs late Monday evening exacerbated the issue and caused the eastern part of the county, including the airport, to lose all water access.—Karri Peifer, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 Another water main break in 2016 that was not repaired for seven years left a massive, waterlogged ditch next to a golf course.—Catherine Coleman Flowers, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for water main
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