Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch name for the game of checkers or draughts.
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- noun Plural form of
dam . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dam .
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Examples
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Sahib, the house is not there, nor the well, nor the big tank which they call dams, nor the little fruit-trees, nor the cattle.
Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Next to them, a British finance campaigner updates an indigenous activist about hedge fund investments in dams in his Indian mountain state of Sikkim.
Peter Bosshard: Global Grassroots Network Emerges From "Rivers for Life" Meeting in Mexico Peter Bosshard 2010
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The negative impact of large hydel dams is well documented.
Global Voices in English » Bangladesh, India: Tipaimukh Dam And Transparency 2009
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Next to them, a British finance campaigner updates an indigenous activist about hedge fund investments in dams in his Indian mountain state of Sikkim.
Peter Bosshard: Global Grassroots Network Emerges From "Rivers for Life" Meeting in Mexico Peter Bosshard 2010
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Ten thousand people in Sarawak, Malaysia, have been displaced by the Bakun dam, which is expected to open next year, and a series of Latin American dams could force many thousands of people off their land.
Hydroelectric dams pose threat to tribal peoples, report warns 2010
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But there's also no doubt that certain dams are killing native fisheries, and in some cases, they should go.
Rivers be Dammed? Tim Romano 2007
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Mandatory release of excess liquid captured in the dams is categorized as the chief factor that makes the POC blueprint more equitable than the previous distribution formula, and directly beneficial to Lake Chapala.
Lake Chapala In 2004 2007
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Mandatory release of excess liquid captured in the dams is categorized as the chief factor that makes the POC blueprint more equitable than the previous distribution formula, and directly beneficial to Lake Chapala.
Lake Chapala In 2004 2007
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Lots of puddles and ice dams from the messy ice st ...
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006
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Lots of puddles and ice dams from the messy ice st ...
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006
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