Recent Examples on the WebDuring the January 2023 storms, nearly a dozen earthen embankments along the Cosumnes River, near Sacramento, breached, causing flooding that resulted in three deaths.—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024 Last January, crews worked feverishly there to save earthen levees farther down the Cosumnes after deadly flooding overtook motorists and submerged Highway 99 south of Elk Grove.—Savanna Smith, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2024 Rich notes of cassis, mission fig, and earthen clay greet you on the nose, while a sip reveals great acidity and driving length.—Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 Miles of earthen canals in Pinal and Maricopa counties will be lined with concrete, centuries-old flood control gates replaced, and parts of the systems automated to increase efficiency and reduce water loss.—The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024 The circular room—with its earthen floor, domed ceiling, petrified-wood water feature, and illuminated quartz crystal—felt womb-like.—Katie James Watkinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2024 The Mongols adapted Chinese siege technology to flatten earthen and wooden walls.—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 Before the 2017 emergency work, the 14-mile earthen levee that protects the town had been repaired twice by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in 1969 and 1983.—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023 Construction projects to upgrade old infrastructure, line eroding earthen canals with concrete, or efforts to install N-Drip irrigation systems ranged anywhere from 500 to 79,000 gallons of water saved per dollar awarded.—The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
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