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as in dam
a bank of earth constructed to control water
an elaborate system of dikes built to protect the lowlands from the relentless onslaught of the sea
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Recent Examples of dike
Staff Author Updated, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
The restoration project tears down old dikes, letting nature reclaim what industry once took.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2025
Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2019
Ed Musial blames a series of finger dikes the state installed in the 1980s for channeling the river past their homes.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2019
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Noun
Chinese mitten crabs burrow into levees, dikes, and stream banks, increasing erosion and threatening flood-control systems.
—Staff Author Updated, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
The restoration project tears down old dikes, letting nature reclaim what industry once took.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
In addition to the hundreds of thousands of acres of marshland that were drained or diked off, the researchers discovered former wetlands that now are forested that were unknown to anybody.
—Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2019
Ed Musial blames a series of finger dikes the state installed in the 1980s for channeling the river past their homes.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dike
Noun
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The states have tried unsuccessfully for more than a year to reach a voluntary agreement to replace dam-operating guidelines that expire later in 2026.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Then the dam broke didn't celebrate after their thumping of Canada ended their preliminary round undefeated.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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The woman charged in connection with the death of a newborn baby whose body was found 24 years ago in a ditch in Johnson County has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, officials announced Thursday.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The branch of McCoys Creek that cuts through Hollybrook Park in the North Riverside neighborhood resembles a ditch more than a natural stream.—
David Bauerlein,
Florida Times-Union,
6 Feb. 2026
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In the year since the property has been vacant, and fenced off, 27 fires have gutted or scorched empty units, located between Truman Road and 18th Street, Woodland and Brooklyn avenues.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
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Alternative plans to control the island's mule deer population included fencing them in, relocating the deer, introducing predators and sterilization.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Of the first cities to be incorporated in California, Marysville retains its place as the smallest, with about 13,000 people within its borders sealed by a ring of levees that protect the city.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Marysville ring levee project started in 2010.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Stepping out to go shopping in Los Angeles, Jenner updated her classic trench and jeans formula with a little twist.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2026
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Go for classic khaki and a silhouette that's tailored but not too tight, like this longline trench on sale now at Nordstrom.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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When the city evaluated a professional soccer stadium proposal involving the Kraft Group, transportation was treated as a gating issue from the outset, not something to refine later.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Unlike the ancient alchemists’ guilds or modern elites, science is not secret, nor gated by family descent or social ties.—
Micah Altman,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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Deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office tried to stop the vehicle, but a brief pursuit ensued before the suspect vehicle crashed into an embankment near Hillsdale Boulevard and Greeholme Drive, police said.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Local news reports confirmed the student’s car was found down a large embankment off of Malibu Canyon Road near Pepperdine University.—
Tarek Fattal,
Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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In 2017, Dellal, then a mechanical engineering student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, helped create a sustainable, cost-effective system for deicing roofs and gutters as part of a class capstone project.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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Massive heavy columns of ice are pulling away downspouts, gutters, and wires.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Dike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dike. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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