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The country has dammed most of its rivers and lined them with concrete.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2021

The ice has dammed the channel and led to minor flooding of low-lying areas around the river, David Carr with the Central Platte Natural Resources District told the Grand Island Independent.

From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2021

That’s especially the case as the pandemic continues to keep many storefronts closed — which, in turn, has dammed the county’s revenue stream.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2020

Experts have also questioned the wisdom of erecting more concrete defenses in a country that has dammed most of its major river systems and fortified entire shorelines with breakwaters and concrete blocks.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2017

‘It has reached the top of whatever has dammed it,’ thought we, ‘and is now flowing over.’

From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne