canalled or canaled; canalling or canaling
: to construct a canal through or across
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Noun
the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
There’s a scene where the two characters are walking above this really long mural that’s been painted on a canal.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
In Valencia, search efforts continued while authorities combed through homes and thousands of wrecked vehicles scattered across streets, highways, and canals that had funneled last week's devastating floods into residential areas.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Ahead of the inaugural May 11, 2026 cruise to Alaska, the MSC Poesia will journey to Seattle from Miami via the Panama Canal, allowing cruisers to transit through the iconic canal.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Accounts in newspapers from the late 1800s and early 1900s describe manatee sightings in warm water refuges including canals, harbors, yacht basins, and even areas near power plants.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
There’s a scene where the two characters are walking above this really long mural that’s been painted on a canal.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
In Valencia, search efforts continued while authorities combed through homes and thousands of wrecked vehicles scattered across streets, highways, and canals that had funneled last week's devastating floods into residential areas.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Ahead of the inaugural May 11, 2026 cruise to Alaska, the MSC Poesia will journey to Seattle from Miami via the Panama Canal, allowing cruisers to transit through the iconic canal.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canal. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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canal
noun
ca·nal
kə-ˈnal 
: a tubular anatomical passage or channel : duct see alimentary canal, Haversian canal, inguinal canal
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