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Recent Examples of floodgate
Hilary Crowley, a county spokeswoman, said a $100 million floodgate completed in 2024 has been infested with the relentless mollusks, requiring an expensive removal.
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Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
The floodgate will require an expensive removal of the mussels.
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Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
As Operation Clown Dump illustrated, the first, and maybe biggest, floodgate exists at the distribution level.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
For example, a Florida canal gate control system uses radar level sensors on each side of a floodgate, feeding a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) controller that automatically adjusts the gate to balance canal and tidal flows.
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Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Aug. 2025
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Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
The floodgate will require an expensive removal of the mussels.
—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
As Operation Clown Dump illustrated, the first, and maybe biggest, floodgate exists at the distribution level.
—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
For example, a Florida canal gate control system uses radar level sensors on each side of a floodgate, feeding a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) controller that automatically adjusts the gate to balance canal and tidal flows.
—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodgate
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Dam Removal Europe found that the number of dams dismantled in 2025, along with other water-flow controls like weirs, culverts and sluices, grew by 11% from the year before.
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The archways are furnished with sluice gates that can open to allow excess water to pass through in periods of flooding.
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The laminate reinforces the glass to create a shatter-resistant barrier, preventing shards of glass from flying out during extreme weather.
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Staffers wheeled the barriers over from the adjacent University of Washington baseball complex.
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Gibson retires the first two batters before giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt, followed by the homer barrage.
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Beneath its gleeful barrage of kink, karaoke, and absurdist comedy lies a sharp satire of exclusion, identity, and liberation within contemporary Queer culture.
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Some disappointed fans lingered near the barricades and boundaries police had set up and were enforcing.
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Temperatures soared outside, approaching 100 degrees as police set up barricades.
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Removing the weir will lower the entire lagoon’s water level by several feet and restore the ebb and flow of ocean tides to the basin.
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Known as Big John, the man was fined and forced to dismantle his traditional fish weir or risk imprisonment after he was reported for fishing outside of the reservation.
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Every purchase also includes a strap, lock, air pump, and rearview mirrors, giving riders a complete package that's ready for the road from day one.
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Tatum, George and Derrick White are locks, Robinson will battle with Queta for the starting center gig, while the fifth spot might come down to Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser.
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“Floodgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodgate. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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