Examples of water main in a Sentence
The water main burst and flooded the street.
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Those efforts will take place inches from a 20-inch water main and adjacent to vehicles, pedestrians and businesses in the busy section of West Seventh Street located between Kellogg Boulevard and Grand Avenue.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 May 2025
The cars were on several streets that were flooded following a major water main break on Monday, which triggered dramatic rescues and impacted over 400 homes in the area.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Milwaukee Water Works was dealing with numerous water main breaks across the city, in already this month, municipal workers had dealt with 50 similar cases, 130 water main breaks this winter in all.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The road had been limited to eastbound-only vehicular traffic during the water main replacement.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 May 2025
The cars were on several streets that were flooded following a major water main break on Monday, which triggered dramatic rescues and impacted over 400 homes in the area.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Milwaukee Water Works was dealing with numerous water main breaks across the city, in already this month, municipal workers had dealt with 50 similar cases, 130 water main breaks this winter in all.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The road had been limited to eastbound-only vehicular traffic during the water main replacement.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Water main.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20main. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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