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Recent Examples of wadi
New geophysical surveys and coring of the wadi would shed more light on the hydrological aspects of the area, while other surveys might reveal where the eastward tunnels of the pyramid lead.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
The building was built in a wadi.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
The wadi stretched outside the window.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
The fresh air, the space while clambering over rocks in a wadi, or valley, and the austere style of the Bear Grylls camp appears for now to offer the opposite of that.
—Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
Another of Bogaczewicz’s photographs captures a Saudi family having a picnic under a highway overpass, much as their bedouin ancestors might have stopped their caravansary by a desert wadi to have a meal.
—Wired, 26 Nov. 2019
Laughter of couples crossing the lawn, sinking into the darkness of the wadi.
—Amos Oz, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
But in the late 1800s, the Ottoman Empire began a new settlement at Jerash, mostly on the eastern bank of the wadi, on top of the ancient remains of that half of the city.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 30 May 2018
The spring that filled the Birketein reservoir, where modern residents swim, would have supplied about a quarter of the ancient city, along with water from upstream in the wadi.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 30 May 2018
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
The building was built in a wadi.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
The wadi stretched outside the window.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
The fresh air, the space while clambering over rocks in a wadi, or valley, and the austere style of the Bear Grylls camp appears for now to offer the opposite of that.
—Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
Another of Bogaczewicz’s photographs captures a Saudi family having a picnic under a highway overpass, much as their bedouin ancestors might have stopped their caravansary by a desert wadi to have a meal.
—Wired, 26 Nov. 2019
Laughter of couples crossing the lawn, sinking into the darkness of the wadi.
—Amos Oz, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
But in the late 1800s, the Ottoman Empire began a new settlement at Jerash, mostly on the eastern bank of the wadi, on top of the ancient remains of that half of the city.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 30 May 2018
The spring that filled the Birketein reservoir, where modern residents swim, would have supplied about a quarter of the ancient city, along with water from upstream in the wadi.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 30 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wadi
Noun
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The avalanche ran into a gully below the drifted ridge, traveling 400 vertical feet.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Estonian woman was pinned on the steep, open gully, halfway along a narrow path that traverses it.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And while our street was close enough to the national forest that bears and bobcats were not uncommon sights, it was also separated from it by a dry arroyo and five blocks of houses in between.—
Josh Eells,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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Following last year’s Bridge fire, which scorched habitat in the East Fork of the San Gabriel River, 503 rainbows — in addition to Santa Ana speckled dace, Santa Ana sucker and arroyo chub — were relocated to nearby streams, Evans said.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The company recommended rebuilding the road and sidewalk and adding better preventative measures, such as drainage trenches or pipes, to make sure surface water didn’t create more problems in the future.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Feb. 2025
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For days, workers with mechanical diggers have been preparing long trenches for burials.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Several viewpoints offer vertigo-inducing views into the canyon and the river far below.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Critics also point to the way the stunning property is used, with the ocean not coming into play enough and the large canyon only really being used on one hole.—
Brody Miller,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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Guiding me into the highlands for red deer, a 300-pound ungulate that lives above timberline amid the picturesque heather, is John Caithness, an affable fifty-something veteran stalker who knows the many hidden coulees and pastures of the estate where stags tend to frequent.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The Gorge is monitored by two snipers on annual rotations, each stationed on opposite sides of the ravine.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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These structures dot a ravine that functioned as a natural route between the nearby coast and other inland settlements, archaeologists said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The film portrays the story of two professional operatives, played by Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy, working on opposite sides of a gorge.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Image ‘The Gorge’ Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy star as two special agents stationed on either side of a dangerous gorge who start to bridge the gap in this action-romance directed by Scott Derrickson.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Until a few years ago, much of the city’s sewage was released untreated into the Ganges via public drains, or nullahs, which discharged along the same bank as the ghats, where people habitually bathe.—
Oliver Franklin-Wallis,
WIRED,
30 Nov. 2023
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The project involves the diversion of a nullah which is a lifeline for the area.—
Manish Chandra Mishra,
Quartz,
10 June 2021
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“Wadi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wadi. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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