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- noun Plural form of
dike .
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Examples
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The name was definitely Brinker, Ishmael said, and Brinker specifically filled holes in Dutch dikes.
Just a Corpse at Twilight Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1994
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We understand that this matter of the dikes is a basic issue, because millions of persons are protected by the dike systems -- which have been under construction for 2,000 years -- from the periodic floods from the great rivers caused by heavy rains in this region of the world.
26 JULY CELEBRATION 1972
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What struck me is that these people did not complain about lack of government help, or why the dikes were a few feet short of the projected record flood levels.
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At about 43 feet the dikes are a foot higher than the forecast crest.
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It is easy to blame Katrina victims for "complain (ing) about lack of government help, or why the dikes were a few feet short of the projected record flood levels."
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Among dozens of requirements, farmers must train first responders in cleanup protocol and build "containment facilities" such as dikes or berms to mitigate offshore dairy slicks.
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It wasn't until a considerable time later, that it was made clear to me that both those teams were "dikes".
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After several people wrote to me to point out that the "dikes" spelling is significantly commoner, I realized that I may very well never have seen it written, or had any occasion to write it myself.
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However, Tom Duff told me by email that he remembers having seen it written probably as "dikes" or "dike out" in Popular Electronics in the early 1960s.
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Among dozens of requirements, farmers must train first responders in cleanup protocol and build 'containment facilities' such as dikes or berms to mitigate offshore dairy slicks.
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