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Recent Examples of floodgate
The floodgates opened in the bottom of the sixth inning as Brooks Lee belted a solo home run, Byron Buxton doubled in a run, and Kody Clemens scored on an error to make it 5-0.
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Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Renato Sanches added a third from the bench as the floodgates opened.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Then, the floodgates opened as Walpole took over in the second half.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
The recent struggles have brought trade rumors surrounding star outfielder Jarren Duran and if Boston decides to move off him, the trade floodgates will more than likely open.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Renato Sanches added a third from the bench as the floodgates opened.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Then, the floodgates opened as Walpole took over in the second half.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
The recent struggles have brought trade rumors surrounding star outfielder Jarren Duran and if Boston decides to move off him, the trade floodgates will more than likely open.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodgate
Noun
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During an extreme-rainfall event, the force of the water cascading down these straightened sluices meets with no resistance from meanders, and a river often has no way of reaching its floodplains—frequently now developed—which could absorb and store some runoff.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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The focus is on the Bangs Lake outfall control structure, which is currently maintained by manually making adjustments to the sluice gate.—
Gregory Harutunian,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
Noun
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According to WisDOT, as part of the planning process, noise analyses identified areas where the barriers would reduce traffic noise by at least eight decibels.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
10 July 2025
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Others have built barriers to protect vulnerable neighborhoods.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Ionescu’s barrage continued, however, with a 25-foot trey after Kennedy Burke’s block on Satou Sabally.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
25 July 2025
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So far, Powell is resisting cutting rates, hence the barrage of insults and threat of firing.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
24 July 2025
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The section of Water Street under scrutiny includes a two-block area on North Water Street between East Knapp and East State streets that is blocked off with barricades on Friday and Saturday nights.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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This is an unconventional barricade for tech leaders.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The flood bypass in Yolo and Solano counties diverts floodwaters from the Sacramento River away from the capital city and neighboring communities through a series of weirs.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Feb. 2025
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The map shows existing water barriers in the Valencia area, including dams and weirs, not structures that have been removed, Carlos Garcia De Leaniz, the AMBER project principal investigator and aquatic biosciences professor at Swansea University, told USA TODAY.—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
12 Nov. 2024
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Love locks have been slowly disappearing from the Old Red Bridge in south Kansas City off Red Bridge Road, as an amateur locksmith from Overland Park admits to using the locks to practice his skills.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 July 2025
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Keep your carry-on and checked suitcase protected with these luggage locks.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
10 July 2025
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“Floodgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodgate. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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