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weir

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as in sluice

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Recent Examples of weir Removing the weir will lower the entire lagoon’s water level by several feet and restore the ebb and flow of ocean tides to the basin. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026 Known as Big John, the man was fined and forced to dismantle his traditional fish weir or risk imprisonment after he was reported for fishing outside of the reservation. — Aubrey Violeta Gelpieryn, CBS News, 30 May 2026 The strong but flexible roots of the Siberian pine, woven into a weir, bound them to a single place. — Literary Hub, 26 Jan. 2026 The grid hooked up 14 existing dams and weirs as well as a new desalination plant and three advanced wastewater-treatment plants. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010 See All Example Sentences for weir

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The water flow is being managed at Canton Lake, and the Corps of Engineers said the goal is to have between 600 and 730 cubic feet of water per second leave through sluice gates during the greatest period of flow.

— Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 22 Sep. 2026
Kids can dig for fossil replicas and pose for photos next to life-sized dinosaur statues, or pan for treasures in the sluice machine.

— Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of sluice

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Young men from the village pushed the settlers back with a barrage of stones, allowing Khrzhanovskiy and Nathaniel to run to Levine and guide her toward the village.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Jose Cabrera, was standing at the front entrance of the club when the barrage of bullets began flying.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

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Much of it flows through the Central Arizona Project, the series of canals that run from the river to the Phoenix and Tucson areas.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Both ships were sitting at anchor near the mouth of the Sulina canal that connects the Black Sea to the Danube River, which has become a crucial shipping export route for Ukraine, Reuters reported.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

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