Upstream Quotes
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See also Core English Vocabulary (U) List-
You ain`t supposed to get salmon when they`re swimming upstream to spawn. But if you`re hungry, you do.
Loretta Lynn
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Those really are not legitimate complaints. When our floodwall is in place and securing the river, we will have zero impact on properties upstream.
Anzia Yezierska
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This estuary was a 40-foot-deep holding area for arriving salmon, and for juveniles heading out to sea, ... Now a wedge of sand and rock extends all the way upstream to Honeydew. Some estimate that area holds 80 million cubic yards of fill.
Anthony Bliss
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The fund will invest in innovative technology within upstream oil and gas activities, as well as in renewable energy. The aim is to invest in three to four promising companies annually, for the next four years.
Ankit Fadia
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Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.
John Oates
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Princeton Hospital appears to have everything in the world against it and not a lot going for it. They are swimming upstream in a fast-moving current.
Barbara Ryckman
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I needed to explain that Louisiana`s coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream.
Alicia Munnell
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