arroyo
noun
ar·royo
ə-ˈrȯi-(ˌ)ō 
-ə
plural arroyos
1
: a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region
2
: a water-carved gully or channel
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Flowers included arroyo lupine and California poppies.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Shortly after some removals, arroyo chub, another native fish, started moving upstream, Jacobson said.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
Lummis built his house, El Alisal, with rocks dragged out of the arroyo, and opened it for business, the business of entertaining L.A.’s visiting luminaries.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
The bodies of 11 women aged between 15 and 32 were found in an arroyo outside Albuquerque in 2009, after a local walking her dog found a human bone and alerted authorities.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 July 2024
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Shortly after some removals, arroyo chub, another native fish, started moving upstream, Jacobson said.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
Lummis built his house, El Alisal, with rocks dragged out of the arroyo, and opened it for business, the business of entertaining L.A.’s visiting luminaries.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
The bodies of 11 women aged between 15 and 32 were found in an arroyo outside Albuquerque in 2009, after a local walking her dog found a human bone and alerted authorities.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 July 2024
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arroyo
noun
ar·royo
ə-ˈrȯi-ə
-ˈrȯi-(ˌ)ō
plural arroyos
1
: a waterway (as a creek) in a dry region
2
: an often dry gully or channel carved by water
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