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Floodgates meaning
plural of floodgate
Example sentences (20)
But the floodgates really seemed to open as the 00s turned into the 2010s.
But then, the floodgates truly burst.
Day 340 of WW3: The floodgates are poised to open.
Geelong's three behinds were the only scores of a dour third term, but the floodgates finally opened in the final quarter as Julia Crockett-Grills, Renee Garing, Aishling Moloney, and Parry all registered goals.
If we welcome persons who are not born here, we must be careful not to open the floodgates without due process as exists everywhere else.
It opened the floodgates for a jaw-dropping summer transfer window when the previously unheralded Saudi league snapped up some of the biggest names in the sport.
It opened the floodgates for many more of the franchise to eventually make their way onto Nintendo consoles outside of Japan.
Marianne Birkby, from Radiation Free Lakeland, said she feared exploratory drilling by West Cumbria Mining may have had an impact on the "fragile honeycomb of mines and opened the floodgates of contaminated mine water that was previously static".
Meanwhile in Perth, the floodgates on the South Inch and the North Inch were closed by council staff, as were the gates at the harbour/lower Friarton.
Pinchbeck then kept Melton at bay until the last half-an-hour when the visitors grabbed the game by the scruff of its neck and the floodgates opened.
Resilience can move from a “wish” to a reachable goal – but we must thoughtfully and deliberately open the floodgates of collaboration now.
Suffice it to say that trip opened the floodgates behind which the real me had been imprisoned.
The floodgates opened for Inverness in the second half, though, and the breakthrough came when Andrew Shinnie cut in from the left and steered a terrific shot into the roof of the net from a tight angle.
The floodgates remain open.
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.
While the IPFT awaits formal alliance discussions with the BJP, Motha’s open invitation for an unified statehood battle has opened floodgates of speculation inside the tribal party.
After a campaign where at the DW Stadium where Lang hasn’t picked up as many minutes as he would have liked, he’s aiming for the goal floodgates to open once again.
As stated by NSW Liberal MP Rachel Merton who objected to the bill: "As a woman, as mother of young girls, I speak with certainty that we are about to open the floodgates to confusion and legal chaos.
But when the article broke, it was the floodgates kind of opened.
Environment Report: Did San Diego County Just Re-Open the Floodgates to More Urban Sprawl?