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Recent Examples of seawall
Cuba’s government has condemned the charges, mobilizing massive seawall rallies and invoking revolutionary slogans as U.S. sanctions, oil shortages and fallout from the U.S. invasion of Venezuela deepen the island’s crisis.
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Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
That program covers up to 100% of the permitting fees for living-seawall projects.
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Carlton Gillespie,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
The project calls for lighting upgrades, outdoor fitness equipment, solar panels and additional boat slip renovations, including seawall improvements, docks and utilities.
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Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2026
Second, predict-then-adapt tends to prioritize hard infrastructure—seawalls, levees, floodgates—as the default answer, because these solutions fit neatly into engineering and budgeting frameworks.
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Dr. Alex Gold,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
That program covers up to 100% of the permitting fees for living-seawall projects.
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Carlton Gillespie,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
The project calls for lighting upgrades, outdoor fitness equipment, solar panels and additional boat slip renovations, including seawall improvements, docks and utilities.
—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2026
Second, predict-then-adapt tends to prioritize hard infrastructure—seawalls, levees, floodgates—as the default answer, because these solutions fit neatly into engineering and budgeting frameworks.
—
Dr. Alex Gold,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
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The city is also looking at water circulation around the pier, specifically how the breakwater changes the environment, Parry said.
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The shark was apparently first found wedged in rocks by the breakwater at Salty Brine State Beach in Galilee, but then the shark freed itself and started swimming in circles.
Noun
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Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas.
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Much of the sand that comes down the Santa Ana River gets regularly dredged and hauled to the groin jetties in West Newport.
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The house sits on a road tucked alongside a steep railroad embankment, where tracks carry rumbling trains to a rail yard in the village of fewer than 1,000 residents.
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The house where the children were found sits on a road tucked away alongside a steep railroad embankment, where tracks carry rumbling trains through Hamden.
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Multiple levee breaches inundated the entire Lower Ninth Ward during the storm, killing many and damaging or destroying thousands of homes.
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Maintaining urban wetlands can help reduce flooding, protect property and recharge groundwater more effectively and for less money than building and maintaining levees.
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Other risks to metal production from El Nino include the potential for aluminum and zinc shortages caused by low water levels in hydroelectric dams in China’s southern Yunnan province.
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Montezuma County officials also ordered evacuations for private lands in the lower Dolores River corridor, from the dam to Bradfield Bridge, Ferris fire officials said.
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More than 1 billion gallons of ash spilled into waterways and neighboring properties after a dike ruptured.
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This is absolutely elite stuff all around, a whirlwind of the Knicks finding the net opening and making the right play, and the Spurs scrambling like mad to plug each new hole in the dike before finally Wembanyama seals it with a block at the rim.
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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