How to Use canal in a Sentence

canal

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  • The lake has been drained, the canals made way for streets.
    — WIRED, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The sheriff’s dive team then pulled the car from the canal.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The attacks forced traffic away from the canal and around the tip of Africa.
    — Samy Magdy, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
  • But will there be enough champagne to fill the canals of Venice?
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Clooney toured the Venetian canals in a black skater dress and tan flats.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The United States did not begin to work on the canal until 1904.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Small canals traversed the uneven ground in straight lines.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Four months later, his body was found dumped in a canal in Sinaloa.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • That month, Denny was driving next to a canal on his way to work.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Ten months later, Bernas’ body was found floating in the canal.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Researchers can also use images to track the species and numbers of fish in the city’s canals.
    — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Melanie wasn't allowed to go out cycling on the canal at night, Marlene said.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That’s that—until a few nights later, when Brunetti is called to the scene of a corpse floating in a canal.
    — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023
  • At Jacquemus, guests were seated in row boats on the grand canal of Versailles.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
  • There was a lot of nervousness, because Simon Pegg had to drive it through the canals.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2023
  • This means even less available water in the lakes, and lower waters in the canal itself.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The canals and washes that criss-cross the area carry crucial water across the landscape.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 1 June 2023
  • There were the same boatloads of tourists on the canals, tour groups on Palace Square, overcrowded bars in Dumskaya Street.
    — Vadim Smyslov, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Salt water mixes with fresh water when the canal’s locks fill up.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The largest ships that go through the canal are Panamax container ships which require at least 43 feet to pass through.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 22 June 2023
  • The canal will be brightest when the dyes are first introduced and will wear off within a couple of days.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Get to know the historic Winter Park area on a cruise among lakes, canals, opulent homes, and wildlife.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Users can scuba dive or row a gondola through a Venice canal.
    — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Deputies found the unnamed 16-year-old suspect a short time later by a canal in the area and placed him into custody.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Earlier this year, historic low tides dried up some of the city’s smaller canals.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There is usually some warning that the canals will soon be skateable.
    — Raisa Bruner, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Imagine the sound of people speaking Nahuatl, a canoe gliding through the canals, and birds chirping in the trees.
    — WIRED, 17 Sep. 2023
  • That canal has now been drained so that crews can remove excess silt and debris while the Westfield bridge is closed and a new bridge is built.
    — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The country owns and operates the Suez Canal Authority, which runs the canal, owns all the buildings, creates all the rules, and sets the toll price.
    — Jay Caruso, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Fresh water sources at streams and canals were diverted.
    — Ed Komenda and Audrey McAvoy, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023

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