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work on the dam was suspended.

the dam will upset the ecological balance.

to dam up one's anger

The dam took the heavy flood waters.

The dam burst under the weight of water.

It's hard to dam up one's feelings.

the dam project was originally conceived in 1977.

the dam burst, flooding a small town.

an irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.

A new dam is now being built at the valley.

The new dam will form a large artificial lake behind it.

The Aswan Dam helps to control the River Nile in Egypt.

The villagers went at building a dam with a will.

The building of the dam is going forward without any trouble.

The new dam is a major construction project, funded by the government.

The dam held the floodwaters. Thieves held the stolen painting for ransom.

some questioned the wisdom of building the dam so close to an active volcano.

The labouring people tried their best to dam the river.

The girl lost her boyfriend, she couldn't dam her feeling.

In Cambodia, we already have a dam.

Skipper! Alex wants to take out the dam.

There are two stages to building the dam.

Strong waves have damaged a dam in Guangdong province.

Ukrainian officials claim Russian forces blew up the dam.

There are over 3,000 dams in the state of Connecticut.

Russia controls the dam and claims Ukrainian forces damaged it.

In Nepal, thousands are homeless after a river was damed by a landslide.

The dam's director told the AP that the dam was built in 1961.

Most environmentalists are critical of building a dam in that area.