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aqueducts

noun

plural of aqueduct

as in canals

an open man-made passageway for water marveled at the ancient Roman aqueducts that still carry water to distant villages

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Recent Examples of aqueducts From there, two major aqueducts, the Lower Aqueduct and the Upper Aqueduct, carried water toward Jerusalem – a distance of more than 20 kilometers (12 miles). — Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026 In antiquity, Rome’s aqueducts and China’s canals and flood-control works were the pipelines of centuries of hegemony. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026 Arizona faces especially large cutbacks because the CAP isn’t nearly as old as other aqueducts, giving it low-priority water rights and putting it among the first in line for cuts. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Resilient and water-resistant, it was used in the Roman times for cisterns, amphoras, aqueducts, as well as underlayers for fresco paintings. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 No, Rome was not built in a day, but it was built at breathtaking speed, its temples, amphitheaters, and aqueducts rising with the help of a magical blend of volcanic ash and lime. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026 Roman aqueducts Aqueducts transported water from distant sources into cities using gravity rather than mechanical pumps. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026 They are fed by the Arrub and el-Biyar aqueducts, which, together with rainwater, historically supplied Jerusalem with water year-round. — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 These properties have enabled the likes of the Pantheon, ancient Roman aqueducts, and even parts of the Colosseum to survive two millennia, while some Brutalist buildings from the 1960s that were made from modern concrete are crumbling. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

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canals

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The canals and the first phase of Panther Island development can proceed independently of the bypass channel, according to that TRWD document.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
Near hole 12 is a South Florida Water Management District flood control barrier, one of several structures installed in the mouths of canals in Miami-Dade and Broward to let water flow out to Biscayne Bay.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

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