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  • n  a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship

  • About 18 hours after the killing of the Fatah trio, a magnetic mine attached below the waterline of the Sol Phryne exploded, causing no injuries but leaving a 3 12-ft.
  • With a foot less waterline length (45 ft.
  • Normally, the audience sees only the smoking aftermath--the blown-up embassy, the ruined barracks, the ship with a blackened hole at the waterline.
News & Articles

  • Y-12 pipe break causes fish kill
    A waterline rupture at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant resulted in a fish kill over the weekend, with the death toll estimated at about 8,500, a plant spokeswoman said Tuesday.
    June 12, 2013 - Knoxville News Sentinel
  • Update - Boil water advisory issued for area near water main breaks
    Three waterline breaks left some Cape Fear Public Utility Authority customers without water.
    June 10, 2013 - The Wilmington Star-News
  • Boil Water Advisory
    As of 2:30 p.m., all customers in Crab Orchard city limits and out Leigh Road should boil water before drinking or cooking. This advisory is due to a recent waterline break which has the potential to allow contamination to enter the water system. 
    June 7, 2013 - ABC 36 Lexington
Quotes

  • Al Lutz in Examiner.com
    In his editor note, Lutz explained, "Multiple buoys that help raise the show platform up to the waterline sprung leaks and filled with water at some point before the platform was raised that evening."
  • Bill Jones in Bloomberg
    This sinks Brown below the waterline,said Bill Jones, professor of politics at Liverpool Hope University.
  • John Hutton in Scotland on Sunday
    These results have very serious implications,one Scottish Labour MP explained last night. "It's not just a warning-shot - we've been holed below the waterline. Brown must accept that he bears a lot of the blame. He didn't oppose Iraq, and...

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