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tideway

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An analysis of a torrent of public comments submitted on a White House proposal to change the way federal contracts and grants are doled out shows a widespread rebuke of the potential change by scientists and others.

— Anil Oza, STAT, 15 July 2026
The bull case is a torrent of words at odds with cash-flow reality.

— Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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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.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 3 June 2026
The archways are furnished with sluice gates that can open to allow excess water to pass through in periods of flooding.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026

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The largest among them, the Hardy Dam on the Muskegon River, needs a multi-hundred-million-dollar spillway upgrade to comply with modern flood safety standards.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 June 2026
The matrix of canals that flow through South Florida — and the spillways that control them — are on the verge of not functioning due to sea-level rise, according to the South Florida Water Management District, which operates them.

— Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026

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Wilson’s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit.

— Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway.

— Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Apr. 2018

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The closest the data center would be to Weston Gardens is 370 feet, said Riley, due to a wooded floodway and floodplain between the Black Mountain property and Weston’s.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Call it resilience, call it infrastructure, call it economic development—just build it before the next 8-year-old goes to sleep in a floodway.

— Daniel Lehewych, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025

Definition of floodway

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As Italy’s longest river, the Po delivers plenty of nutrients to the lagoons — both from natural sources and from human activities like farming — that provide a surplus of food for sea critters, including blue crabs.

— Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Most nuclear plants are therefore located beside rivers, lakes, or coastlines.

— Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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