Thesaurus results for CANALS

canals

noun

plural of canal

as in aqueducts

an open man-made passageway for water the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific

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Recent Examples of canals It can also be released by cooking fats and oils at high temperatures, and has been found in water produced by oil and gas operations and is an ingredient in some pesticides used in irrigation canals. —

Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 In Rotterdam, the design referenced canals and bridges. —

Christine Mortag, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026 The mussels’ tiny larvae have drifted down canals and aqueducts of the State Water Project and have been detected as far south as Bakersfield, Los Angeles and San Diego counties. —

Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 May 2026 No doubt the collectors are staying at the Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca, which make up for the inconvenience of leaving the vicinity of San Marco with the unparalleled luxury and complete insulation from the masses crawling over the canals. —

Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 5 May 2026 Others can’t navigate the smaller canals at all. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026 The tour kicked off in Milan last month, where the boat navigated the Navigli canals from April 21 to 26, coinciding with Design Week. —

Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 May 2026 During this time, alligators can become more active, especially near lakes, ponds, canals and other bodies of water. —

Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 Existing pump stations are no longer connected to injection wells and are instead directed to Biscayne Bay and some surrounding canals. —

Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026

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Despite the dilapidated state, the couple fell in love with its ancient olive trees, a creek and a network of aqueducts winding through the fields.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
The rolling landscape, nestled between a nature preserve and a cattle ranch, had silvery groves of ancient olive trees, a meandering creek, and a network of antique aqueducts snaking through the fields.

— Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2026