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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
Flynn Nicholls, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), the eruption remains stable as of Saturday, although lava is advancing westward, placing pressure on dikes and thickening along the resort's defenses.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 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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Noun
Magma can travel several kilometers laterally within dikes and fissures such as is occurring near Grindavík.
—Flynn Nicholls, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), the eruption remains stable as of Saturday, although lava is advancing westward, placing pressure on dikes and thickening along the resort's defenses.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dike
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Silvery steelhead migrate to the ocean and return to natal freshwater streams to spawn, a cycle that can be impeded by dams and concrete channels.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Formed in 2018 under legislation signed by Trump, CISA is an independent agency that falls under the Department of Homeland Security and is charged with helping protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, ranging from power plants and banks to dams and election systems.—
Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Deputy Hunter Perkins and his girlfriend were found in his truck, which fell in a ditch around 10 p.m. Monday after slamming into an unmarked FHP SUV near Kissimmee, according to an incident report.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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Toss him in a ditch, and watch this coin turn into nutritious mulch—a win-win.—
Nate Odenkirk,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2025
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On social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), others discussed the potential update that could fence off Chinese users, with one post with 1.2 million views suggesting the update could come next week.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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Eastbound Fifth Street will remain closed from Highway 70 to D Street while crews continue their work to cover hotel debris and fence off the property where the hotel stood, Caltrans officials said.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
9 Jan. 2025
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Levine said Mountain States was aware the property carried flood risk but noted that the hospital system added levees to protect the building from river flooding at the recommendation of outside consultants.—
Lauren Sausser and Holly K. Hacker,
The Tennessean,
30 Dec. 2024
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Areas around the San Francisco Bay would be inundated by water without the levees.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Dec. 2024
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Preliminary estimates found that filling in the interstate trench would cost $2.4 billion to $3.2 billion, compared to $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion to reconfigure the freeway within its existing footprint.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
17 Jan. 2025
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In the photo, there's a line around the moon's equator that resembles the equatorial trench around the Death Star.—
Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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One finding in the report that caught Biffle’s attention was that Frontier and now-bankrupt budget peer Spirit Airlines had paid $23 million in recent years to gate agents in order to catch customers who didn’t pay up.—
Melvin Backman,
Quartz,
4 Dec. 2024
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Some drivers soon discovered that a parking garage that went through from West 61st Street to West 60th could be a secret back-of-the-wardrobe passageway into the fare zone, at least until it was gated off.—
Alex Kent,
Curbed,
11 Jan. 2025
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Brianna Daniels, 34, lives in a tent pitched on a dusty embankment above San Jose’s Coyote Creek.—
Grant Stringer,
The Mercury News,
19 Jan. 2025
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The county fire department handles a variety of emergencies: hoisting drivers to safety when cars veer off canyon embankments or ferrying the injured and the critically ill to hospitals.—
Thomas Fuller,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Those embers can ride high winds for multiple miles to nestle in dry leaves or pine needles clogging a gutter, a wood-shingle roof, or shrubs, trees and other flammable vegetation close to a structure.—
Justin Angle,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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Once one house starts—with a spark that catches on dry leaves in a rain gutter or drifts into an attic through a vent—the fire spreads house to house.—
Elizabeth Miller,
Outside Online,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Dike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dike. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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