dam
Example Sentences
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And for 88 years, Damburger — now operating out of a squat brick-and-mortar restaurant in downtown Redding — has dished out what is, according to its official motto, “the best hamburger by a dam site.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
For Tellico Dam, the committee denied the exception, but Congress later cleared the way for the dam to be completed.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
It was structural the way a dam is structural — until someone finds a way around it.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Coming after years of work, it raises the prospect that enormous partially-built structures, including a $5 billion dam that was 30% finished, will be simply abandoned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
“I don’t know, I can’t be sure…” The rest of her words tumbled out in a rush, like a river flooding over a dam.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.