seawall

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Recent Examples on the Web As demonstrated by the breakwater fiascoes of the 1930s, building seawalls always disrupts coastal ecologies. Elsa Devienne / Made By History, TIME, 31 July 2024 Her seawall drops about 7 feet into a mucky gully where freshwater once flowed from a manmade reservoir known as Wixom Lake. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2024 The Batman ended in a place where the Riddler murders Carmine Falcone, the biggest mob boss in town, and floods entire boroughs of Gotham by blowing up the seawall. Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024 According to the complaint, Attanasio’s LLC has sought and obtained permits over the last couple of years to repair and reinforce the seawall on his property. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for seawall 

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

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