Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Dam
Dam verb - To prevent passage through by filling with something.
Both words in one sentence
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Missing White Woman Syndrome: At the beginning of the film, farmers are campaigning for the construction of a new dam which will allow for better irrigation.
Source: Film / Chinatown -
When the Blackbird is frozen at Alkali Lake with the dam about to burst in mere minutes, she steps off the jet and uses her now heightened telekinesis to break the ice and allow the jet to lift off, at the same time psychically restraining her teammates to keep them from stopping her.
Source: Film / X2: X-Men United -
The only reason the battle actually takes place is because General Oliver moved 90% of the NCR troops onto the Dam, wouldn't allow for small skirmishes to wear down the Legion numbers, or battles to take back the large swath of land in the South Eastern Mojave that the Legion claimed.
Source: Final Battle
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