as in levee
a bank of earth constructed to control water
the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge
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Recent Examples of embankment
His daughters’ bodies were nearly 100 yards away down a small embankment, along with zip ties and plastic bags found strewn throughout the area, according to a police affidavit.
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Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
The truck fell down an embankment and into the Payette River near mile marker 79, north of Banks.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 21 Sep. 2025
Family, friends and spectators line the embankments, looking down from pedestrian bridges and the underpasses, holding up signs and cheering.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
The impact sent both vehicles spinning down the embankment.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
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Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
The truck fell down an embankment and into the Payette River near mile marker 79, north of Banks.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 21 Sep. 2025
Family, friends and spectators line the embankments, looking down from pedestrian bridges and the underpasses, holding up signs and cheering.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
The impact sent both vehicles spinning down the embankment.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embankment
Noun
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Most of those rescues happened on the east side of Vallecito Creek, where a levee break caused rapid flooding.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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Yolo County officials are urging motorists to use caution on South River Road, a levee-top roadway that stretches from West Sacramento to the Freeport Bridge along the Sacramento River, due to shoulder erosion that has created hazardous driving conditions.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Showing Up’s potentially myopic perspective contrasts significantly from Reichardt’s Night Moves, a film about radical white environmental activists whose designs of blowing up a dam backfires, causing their inept leader Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) to erratically cover his tracks.—
Robert Daniels,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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The technology automatically adjusts mooring line length in response to water-level changes, maintaining consistent tension and improving the reliability of floating solar installations on dams and reservoirs.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Embankment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embankment. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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