"chronic" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Standing water suggested chronic flooding, but Mr. Lerner suspected that there might be another cause.
- A period of decline in the late 60's and 70's struck the once-bustling downtown area, but even chronic flooding couldn't stem development in shoreline areas.
- It is intended to end chronic flooding along the river from the dam in Wayne Township upstream through Oakland, where more than 300 families live.
- From 1680 to 1685, he struggled to overcome the chronic flooding that afflicted the ducal silver mines in the Harz Mountains, but did not succeed.
- Surveys have documented that the problem is widespread throughout the subcontinent, including the plains regions, where chronic flooding has leached iodine from the soil.
- The project is intended to relieve chronic flooding in an area at the bottom of a hill.
- The first major drainage project was begun in 1590, with the aim of eliminating the chronic flooding that plagued Mexico City.
- The Trinity also suffered from chronic flooding: floods occurred in 1844, 1866, 1871, and 1890, but none were as severe as the flood of 1908.
- A priority has been fixing the pumps that prevent chronic flooding in this low-lying river city.
- "Our objective was to eliminate the chronic flooding suffered by many residents downstream."
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