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a dam resisting the pressure of impounded water by an arch principle, especially a dam having in plan the form of a single arch abutted by natural rock formations.

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A dam now in place on the Thai side of the line prevents the railway from being reconstructed in its entirety, he explains.
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When the family was fine, or when a cruel employee at the dam was behind the flood, God was left out of the explanation.
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For example, he added, many highly valuable Western hostages are held in an ISIS prison beneath a dam near Raqqa.
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On the steps of the old courthouse in the shadow of the arch where Al Sharpton addressed a media horde.
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Meanwhile, in the town plaza, arch-rival Brazilian and Argentinian fans were busy hurling insults and beer bottles at one another.
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The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.
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They heard how in the early spring in the meadow by the mill-dam Tim and I had stopped our ploughs to draw lots and he had lost.
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He thought a little longer, and as he did so, a vision of his arch enemy rose before him.
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A golden eagle, the armorial ensign of the Ripperda family, crested the centre arch.
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British Dictionary definitions for arch dam

arch dam

noun

a dam that is curved in the horizontal plane and usually built of concrete, in which the horizontal thrust is taken by abutments in the sides of a valley. Arch dams must be built on solid rock, as a yielding material would cause a failure

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