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  • She has issued underclothes all around from the slop-chest, and is ordering them to take a bath in the rain-water just caught.

    CHAPTER XLIV 2010

  • Mr. Katzman purchased the boat for $1 at the 79th Street Boat Basin, then moved it to Gowanus and developed solar-energy and rain-water projects on it.

    Far Rockaway's Far-Out Art Scene Pia Catton 2011

  • The garden has been around since 1998 when the neighborhood converted three abandoned trash-strewn lots to a garden that now has heirloom fruit trees, a herb garden with a rain-water harvesting system and a composting station for area residents.

    Small Projects Get a Big Boost Melanie Grayce West 2011

  • The one bedroom and one bathroom home uses photovoltaic and thermal systems, rain-water recycling and water-efficient fixtures and is surrounded by a green scenery.

    Cutler House in Montauk, New York 2009

  • In his hand he carried a large galvanized pail, and my casual thought was that he had come to get rain-water from the barrels.

    CHAPTER XLIX 2010

  • From a poetic "Sahuaro blossoms floating in a clay bowl full of desert rain-water" ... to those quirky "Kangaroo paws" (and, just this morning, a "une primevère de Mumbai" *), Jules's virtual bouquet grew and, as Mom would add, via all-caps, GREW!

    pot - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Sahuaro blossoms floating in a clay bowl full of desert rain-water ... from a transplanted Tucson-ian ... there's little in life to compare with being loved by your grown children!

    baba cool - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • From a poetic "Sahuaro blossoms floating in a clay bowl full of desert rain-water" ... to those quirky "Kangaroo paws" (and, just this morning, a "une primevère de Mumbai" *), Jules's virtual bouquet grew and, as Mom would add, via all-caps, GREW!

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Promoter Vikas Kasliwal says they plan to have rain-water harvesting, use solar energy to provide hot water to residents, and deodorize and dehumidify the air which will circulate within the building.

    Where the Rich Live in India 2010

  • From a poetic "Sahuaro blossoms floating in a clay bowl full of desert rain-water" ... to those quirky "Kangaroo paws" (and, just this morning, a "une primevère de Mumbai" *), Jules's virtual bouquet grew and, as Mom would add, via all-caps, GREW!

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

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