Example Sentences
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Drains both the messengers, and their messages, of power.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
Sometimes he sees them atop grates that read, “No Dumping, Drains to Ocean.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021
Drains are used to dewater landslides and shallow wells are used to monitor the water content of some active landslides.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Drains the will to live … Paulo Coelho's Manuscript Found in Accra.
From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2013
We have shown, under the head of the "Depth of Drains," that the cost of cutting and filling a four-foot drain is double that of cutting and filling a three-foot drain.
From Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg)
