He was headed for the drainage ditch on the other side of the dike.

NEWYORKER: Youth in Revolt

The boy and other family members had sought shelter in a drainage ditch.

NPR: Cleanup Goes On As Storms Move Toward East Coast

Two men and a woman have admitted attacking a student who was robbed, beaten and left for dead in a drainage ditch in Manchester.

BBC: Daniel Whiteley

Even the storied Rio Grande, which she and Brian had seen on a disagreeable weekend trip several years ago to Matamoros, was hardly more than a drainage ditch.

NPR: In 'Challenger Park,' Mom Is an Astronaut

With the stimulus money on the way, Moran has chosen projects she thinks can get easily pass through the bureaucracy, such as tearing down a fence or cleaning up a drainage ditch.

CNN: Katrina red tape holds lessons for stimulus, mayors say