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runnel

noun

ˈrə-nᵊl

Definition of runnel

as in creek

a natural body of running water smaller than a river the fugitive made use of local runnels to throw the bloodhounds off his scent

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Recent Examples of runnel Water fun will be a big draw, whether observing the natural pond-like runnel feature or the chutes of tumbling water and inch-deep pools safe to play in. — Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2022 Designed by Louis Kahn for Jonas Salk, who created the polio vaccine, the complex sits on a shelf above the Pacific, a symmetrical white piazza flanked by buildings that are angled like a theater’s wings and bisected by a narrow runnel. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 15 Mar. 2021 In summer, runoff from cloudbursts etches into the softer limestones and sluices through the deep runnels. — National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2019 The road ran like a twisty runnel through fuchsia hedges and bright fields of buttercups and cow parsley, up to a pass among the 3,000-foot Slieve Mish mountains. — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019

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The two groups worked for the past five years tearing out asphalt, restoring creeks for salmon and other wildlife and replanting more than 50,000 native plants, including redwoods.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Before then, a creek naturally allowed the flow of surface water down Television Road, court documents say.

— Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026

Definition of creek

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Temescal Gateway Park is a 141-acre expanse in Pacific Palisades that features a babbling brook, oak and sycamore canyons and trails that zigzag up the mountains, providing views of the Pacific Ocean and its coastline.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
There's one spot on Richard's land where the Guadalupe slows to a babbling brook at the base of a tree.

— Bo Evans, CBS News, 2 July 2026

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