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And it's kind of damming in along the Appalachians.

CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2008 2008

And if they were going to take the consensus of the intelligence community, you wouldn't see this kind of damming situation where Syria is concerned.

CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2003 2003

If she used indirect force, such as damming a river, that was an insult or created the idea that the ruler involved was weak, and that meant he had to fight.

The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998

They perform great public works by the united efforts of the whole community -- such as damming up streams and constructing mounds for their habitations.

The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

- mineral water pools created by kind of damming up a stream!

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Indeed, there is little here that does not happen on a Giant Scale; I was particularly taken with the Dyson clouds: the practice of 'damming' stars by surrounding them with "thousands of ringworlds", since "there is nothing shinier

Brit Lit Blogs Eve's Alexandria 2009

Yesterday's colder runs of the GFS had high pressure to the north in a positiion conducive to cold air damming - with winds from the northeast, circulating clockwise around the high, wedging the cold surface air against the Appalachians - while and after the precipitation moves in.

Another midweek storm to track Dan Stillman 2011

Models are known to underestimate cold air damming, so I am concerned about the icing potential particularly in Loudoun and Frederick counties, which are smartly under a winter storm watch.

Breaking down the double ice threat Jason Samenow 2011

The NAM model, which has high resolution, and often captures the cold air damming effect best, indicates the freezing line should be near or south of D.C. through 4 a.m., hence favoring freezing rain from the District and points north during initial part of the storm but around the District, temperatures are right at freezing, so it's marginal.

Breaking down the double ice threat Jason Samenow 2011

Today, the GFS has mostly lost both the coastal low and the cold air damming.

Another midweek storm to track Dan Stillman 2011