as in tailor
a person who sews
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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When Benny and Jack climb down a ladder and hide within a sewer tunnel, Oz struggles to keep up, growing angry and humiliated.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
That includes essential items like roads, sewers, parking structures and parks.
—Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
Hazardous wastewater from production flowed — untreated — to Austin’s sewer system, while the plant’s casting furnace designed to melt metal for the Model Y’s parts couldn’t be properly closed.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024
Prosecutors allege that the company discharged wastewater from its Carson oil refinery into the Los Angeles County sewer system in 2020 and 2021, failing to report the violations.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
That includes essential items like roads, sewers, parking structures and parks.
—Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
Hazardous wastewater from production flowed — untreated — to Austin’s sewer system, while the plant’s casting furnace designed to melt metal for the Model Y’s parts couldn’t be properly closed.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024
Prosecutors allege that the company discharged wastewater from its Carson oil refinery into the Los Angeles County sewer system in 2020 and 2021, failing to report the violations.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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