“A plan was announced to dam the Whanganui River, an action that would submerge several cemeteries and sacred sites.”

“Severe drainage blocks occur further down the line, where food and other particles get stuck and dam up the pipe.”

“They are simply cloth bags that hold sand or soil so that a low wall can be built to dam the flow of water.”

“He dammed the loch, built a power station, and began installing what was to become the most sophisticated fish farm in the world.”

“So far from the sea, fish ponds were a vital source of food and they were perfected as boggy land was drained or dammed all over the area.”

“And now all the emotions just burst forth like a great wave of water that had been dammed up for so long and were suddenly released.”

“The European Union has adopted a general opt-in rule aimed at damming the flow of information.”

“By damming runoff, poor ridge layouts may aggravate surface drainage problems.”

“But the best form of water storage is in the ground, not in huge surface reservoirs created by damming rivers.”