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Careful, there might be a leak in the canoeSoon after the boat sprang a
leak, it sank to the bottom of the lake.
Careful, there might be a
leak in the canoe.
Water was
leaking through the roof, so we had to get it repaired.
The roof of our house
leaks every time it rains.
Your car is
leaking oil; you'd better get it looked at.
The house is generally in good shape, apart from the
leaky roof.
Leakage from the sewer pipes of some of the older private homes is responsible for a lot of the pollution on our beaches.
Benjamin Franklin once warned that you should be careful of small expenses because even a small
leak can sink a great ship.
A
leaking toilet can waste as much as 200 gallons of water a day.
Household batteries can
leak mercury, which can cause mental retardation, and cadmium, which can cause cancer.
Natural gas has no smell; the odor is artificially added so that people will be able to identify
leaks, and take measures to stop them.
Every year, a million tons of oil are spilled,
leaked, or deliberately dumped into the sea.
The Prime Minister expressed concerned after details of the upcoming budget were
leaked to the press by someone working in the Department of Finance.
A Chinese proverb notes that when the boat reaches mid-stream, it is too late to stop the
leak.
In 1995, 12 people were killed, and more than 5,500 others sickened when terrorists let
leak packages containing poisonous gas on five Tokyo subway trains.
In 1989, the oil freighter Exxon Valdez
leaked 35,000 tons of oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska.
In December of 1984, a gas
leak at a pesticide plant near Bhopal, India, killed 3,000 people.
In the United States, more than 20% of the underground gasoline and oil tanks have reported
leaks, which pose a serious threat to our environment.
An emergency crew was called in to repair a
leak in the gas main.
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