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Floodgate meaning
An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice. | Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc. | A stream that passes through a floodgate; a torrent.
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Example sentences (10)
The video clip of several youngsters dancing on a dirt road opened a floodgate of opportunities for the group whose videos on YouTube have had many millions of hits.
VAL MUCHOWSKI: The Floodgate building on State Route 128 in Philo houses the Bewildered Pig, a farm-to-table fine dining restaurant with a cult following throughout Northern California.
While one of the three floodgates was opened at 5.35 am on Sunday when the water level reached 1,164 feet, the second floodgate was opened at around 7 am.
During the Cold War in the 1950s, when a nuclear attack seemed entirely possible, the station was converted into a floodgate control room.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Don Artes (2nd from left) leads a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Pasig City on Thursday, August 29, 2024, regarding the updates on the rehabilitation of Malabon-Navotas floodgate.
Screengrab from a real-time feed of a CCTV camera at Manggarai floodgate in Jakarta.
If readers like knowing more about local rocks and especially jade we have our own best living breathing source of information in Big Sam Gitchell at the Rock Stop on Highway 128 at Floodgate.
After a cagey opening period at the Craven Cottage, Jeffrey Schlupp opened the floodgate with four minutes to the end of the first half with a cracking strike.
Amla didn’t last long in the third session though and his wicket opened a floodgate of sorts.
Now he’s in three bands that play throughout the Gunnison Valley and beyond: Alternative People, the very funky Millk, and Floodgate Operators.