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as in dam
a bank of earth constructed to control water
an elaborate system of dikes built to protect the lowlands from the relentless onslaught of the sea
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Recent Examples of dike
Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
Some community members also felt scorned when, years later, the dikes were raised over their protest, amid a shortage of placement locations for harbor dredge.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
Edward Stratton, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2018
Aerial photos show portions of the land – diked and drained for agriculture by the 1930s and cut in half by US Highway 30 by the 1970s – slowly returning to wetlands as levees broke down and breached.
—Edward Stratton, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2018
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The Constitution, in this light, is the greatest anti-monopoly document in history, a blueprint for an intricate structure of walls and dikes designed to enable people to prevent any ultimate concentration of power in any one office, corporation, church, clique, or person.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
Some community members also felt scorned when, years later, the dikes were raised over their protest, amid a shortage of placement locations for harbor dredge.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
Verb
The southern banks along Svensen Slough, a side channel of the Columbia River, have transformed over time from historic spruce swamp into fields diked off by European settlers for farming.
—Edward Stratton, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2018
Aerial photos show portions of the land – diked and drained for agriculture by the 1930s and cut in half by US Highway 30 by the 1970s – slowly returning to wetlands as levees broke down and breached.
—Edward Stratton, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2018
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Four Klamath River dams are being removed for environmental benefit.Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
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The Atlantic Salmon Federation commits time, expertise, and resources to research, conservation efforts, and dam removal and has been fighting the good fight since 1948.David Coggins, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2024
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During the interview with police, the couple admitted to disposing of the child’s body in a ditch in Mequon before arriving in Chicago.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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According to police accounts: The case began in 1959, when a child’s bones were found in a ditch off Davis Road in Mequon, Wisconsin, north of Milwaukee and about a five-hour’s drive from Houghton in the Upper Peninsula.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
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Rooms: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms Amenities: Washer/dryer, Marshall sound system, fenced backyard with dining area and sun loungers, free parking.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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There is fencing around the perimeter of the building and a much stronger law enforcement presence once election night hits.Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
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Scientists from the land trust, the Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies plan to move back existing inadequate dirt levees, build tidal gates, or use other methods.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
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The largest reason for deaths connected to Katrina was the failure of the levees around New Orleans which caused catastrophic flooding in the area.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2024
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For your next evening out on the town, use Hailey’s outfit formula—layer lace tights beneath a semi-sheer skirt, and add a leather trench on top.Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
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Based in New York, the 40-year-old Floridian has been in the content creator trenches for nearly two decades.Allegra Rosenberg, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
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Shiffrin straddles gate as teammate Hurt finishes 3rd Nadal anuncia que no jugara en el Abierto de Australia por lesion South Korea says North Korea has fired artillery shells near the rivals’ tense sea boundary for a third straight day.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
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American expects the technology will help gate agents enforce an orderly boarding process and curb the crowds of people who congregate near the boarding area.Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The car came to stop on its wheels facing south on a dirt embankment.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The latest death involved a man who drove a car off a steep embankment on Aug. 1 after taking a one-mile circular hike at the park.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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There were no nukes screaming across the open sea to knock our planet’s assembly of nations into history’s gutters of Armageddon.Will Cady, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024
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Walz, 60, the governor of Minnesota, was tapped by Harris as her running mate in part because of his blue-collar appeal – a happy-go-lucky, flannel-wearing former high school teacher and football coach, who is cast as the everyday dad, fixing a car and repairing house gutters in campaign videos.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Dike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dike. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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