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Example sentences for: dam

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At 21 days the dam was removed and animals were sorted by sex.
The town was fortified against rival lords, and against the seawater — the River Amstel being dammed at what is now Dam Square.
If you go inland, you can still take the celebrated four-day boat trip between Wuhan and Chongqing through the Yangzi (Yangtze) River gorges (before they are swallowed up by a massive dam project to be completed after 2009), and from there fly to Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou for sightseeing, shopping, and gourmet dining.
It is easy to be cynical on this subject and, at times, even to try to be funny, as in referring to DAM `Mothers Against Dyslexia' (as does Dal Yoo, in an article elsewhere in this issue).
He does, however, have other things to his name, such as the Strom Thurmond High School, Strom Thurmond Student Center, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, Strom Thurmond Auditorium, Strom Thurmond Educational Center, Strom Thurmond Dam, Strom Thurmond Lake, Strom Thurmond Highway, Strom Thurmond Soldier Service Center, etc.