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Recent Examples of seawall
Shared facilities include a pool, grilling and al fresco dining areas, and a seawall with ocean views.
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 9 Mar. 2026
Community leaders in nearby Asharoken say a seawall built to protect the shoreline, and the only road in and out of the area, has fallen apart.
—John Dias, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
One commercial jet careened into a seawall while landing in heavy fog; another plunged into Tokyo Bay for unknown reasons; yet another, into Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, also for unknown reasons.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Scharosch and other waterfront business owners told the City Council they were alarmed by some of the plan’s more creative visions, such as a drawing of a seawall built along the waterfront that does not protect the Clipper Yacht Harbor, Sausalito’s largest marina.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 9 Mar. 2026
Community leaders in nearby Asharoken say a seawall built to protect the shoreline, and the only road in and out of the area, has fallen apart.
—John Dias, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
One commercial jet careened into a seawall while landing in heavy fog; another plunged into Tokyo Bay for unknown reasons; yet another, into Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, also for unknown reasons.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Scharosch and other waterfront business owners told the City Council they were alarmed by some of the plan’s more creative visions, such as a drawing of a seawall built along the waterfront that does not protect the Clipper Yacht Harbor, Sausalito’s largest marina.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
Noun
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The hot spring pools blend into the natural rocky breakwater barriers and offer the opportunity for a warm soak after swimming in the sea.—
Lauren Breedlove,
Outside,
3 Mar. 2026
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Manmade structures like the pier and breakwater at Michigan City and the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor in Portage disrupt the natural flow of sand along the southern shore of Lake Michigan.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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The main path leads from the landing jetty up to the island’s summit, where expansive loch views unfold, before descending to a peaceful beach.—
Rosie Conroy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Its long jetties jutt into waters that are deep enough to accommodate oil supertankers, making the island a critical site for oil distribution.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The California Highway Patrol was investigating a crash on Friday that briefly shut down Highway 50 in El Dorado County after a vehicle went off the road and crashed at the bottom of an embankment, leaving its driver and passenger with serious injuries.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Westbound Highway 50 was shut down for an extended time as crews removed the vehicle from the embankment.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The cost of upgrading the local levee is about three times the town's total annual budget.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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But farming communities nationwide have been adversely affected by the president's tariff policy, as global trading partners scaled back agricultural purchases like soybeans in retaliation for higher levees.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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This is small, beaver-dam-laden water with a sandy composition, and a few years ago, Kozminski caught a glimpse of something irregular sticking out of the sand.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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Some customers complain about large icicles and ice dams forming in the winter where there weren’t issues previously, which makes some homeowners question how well the system actually collects runoff.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Park staff in July partially opened the valve of the structure after heavy rain caused water levels to overflow the lake’s earthen dike, raising erosion concerns.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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Refurbishment of the dike around the lake is finished, and a revision of the lake management rules went into effect in 2024.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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