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Recent Examples on the Web Investigators say the blaze began after a local man pushed a burning car down a roughly 60-foot embankment. Li Cohen, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024 At a briefing late last month, Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez announced plans to deploy about 30,000 police officers each day, including armed police, with a peak of 45,000 for the opening ceremony on the Seine, which involved boats and huge crowds watching from the embankments. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2024 The big rig jackknifed approximately 20 feet off the roadway and down an embankment, according to the CHP. Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024 The car, a gray two-door sedan, came to rest on an embankment 300 to 400 feet down, authorities said. Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for embankment 

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“Embankment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embankment. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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