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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Downtown businesses operated sump pumps as the subsoil water level rose.
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Swapping valves from used tanks to fresh ones, thousands of feet into the sump , was neither easy nor desirable.
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The sump was the sole source of water for drinking and washing.
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The day we switched on the generator and the sump pump, everybody was standing there waiting, watching.
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The oil reservoir for the dry sump is mounted inside the gearbox to stop it cluttering the appearance of the bike.
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There is no way forward beyond; the sumps represent finality.
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This region contained the fuel sump tank.