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Recent Examples of seawall
Iguanas dig burrows under the foundations of homes, buildings, seawalls, canal banks, dams, and pretty much everywhere else.
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Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
At the time, a geologist said the seawall was expected to last 10 to 20 years.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
This will speed up vital projects like reinforcing the seawall and converting septic systems to sewer pipelines, boosting community resilience.
—Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Among foreign airlines, an Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul to San Francisco in July 2013 crashed after striking the seawall off the end of the runway, killing three passengers and injuring nearly 200.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
At the time, a geologist said the seawall was expected to last 10 to 20 years.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
This will speed up vital projects like reinforcing the seawall and converting septic systems to sewer pipelines, boosting community resilience.
—Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Among foreign airlines, an Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul to San Francisco in July 2013 crashed after striking the seawall off the end of the runway, killing three passengers and injuring nearly 200.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
Noun
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Its first civil works project in the Philadelphia region was the construction of a breakwater near Cape Henlopen, Delaware, in 1829.—
Todd Aagaard,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2025
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SailGP saw 12 teams on one start line for the first time Saturday, and within the confines of the breakwater in the Port of Los Angeles, the racetrack would be congested, possibly the tightest yet seen.—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Apr. 2025
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Among the ruins of jetties and stairs, where travelers waited for ferries, mudlarks often find accessories, coins and pins.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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Footage showed the mangled wreckage on an embankment on the side of the highway.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Beltram’s truck hit their car, sending it down an embankment, crushing the passenger side compartment of the car, according to the District Attorney’s Office.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began installing canals and levees to control flooding in the Everglades, which allowed people to build farms and communities along its edges.—
John Kominoski,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2025
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Dozens of rivers from Arkansas to Indiana were flooding on Sunday, threatening bridges, levees, water and sewage systems, and other infrastructure.—
Patrick J. Lyons,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Studies of dams in Brazil show that deforestation caused by the dams reduce their potential for power generation by up to 10%, which while sounding modest, means for one plant, lost revenue of $21 million.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Its leaders agreed to build the dam six feet higher so that the reservoir had enough space to store 5,000 acre-feet of water to be used for environmental health purposes on South Boulder Creek, which flows out of the bottom of the dam.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The fifth season, then, premiered in the noxious contrail of the Dobbs decision, which silenced those who believed a 1973 Supreme Court case could serve as a permanent finger in the political dike.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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Miss Maynard’s class is building Holland on a small scale in one of their sandbox tables with dikes, towers, windmills, boys with wooden shoes and girls with flaxen hair.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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