Example Sentences
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They also have to remove leaves, twigs and needles from gutters, and they already cannot keep exposed firewood in piles next to their house.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The total cost for the siding, soffits, re-sheathing and gutters reached $85,000—well above Zemke’s $60,000 original budget.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Nevertheless, this man, grown out of Flea Bottom’s gutters, appropriates the tradition by holding his vows as a representation of lived reality, rather than as a mere ritual or badge of social class.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
"There was no flooding of the event venue, only localized occurrences such as leaks" that were caused by broken gutters, the response continued, adding these had already been repaired.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
They sat in the laps of their burqa-clad mothers alongside gutters at busy street corners and chanted “Bakhshesh, bakhshesh!”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
