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Recent Examples of seawall
Recently, other properties in the area that are next to bluffs have needed cliff stabilization projects or seawalls to prevent bluff failure.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
The project entails the construction of a 2.2 km seawall, a 1.2 km bridge, and other infrastructure facilities needed to unload, store, and process LNG for delivery to customers in Dalin and surrounding areas.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Tacloban residents have criticized the fact that their new seawall is shorter than the storm surge from Yolanda.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
This year, construction that began in August 2024 to replace seawalls along the Potomac River and part of the Tidal Basin could affect the viewing of some of the cherry trees.
—Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
The project entails the construction of a 2.2 km seawall, a 1.2 km bridge, and other infrastructure facilities needed to unload, store, and process LNG for delivery to customers in Dalin and surrounding areas.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Tacloban residents have criticized the fact that their new seawall is shorter than the storm surge from Yolanda.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
This year, construction that began in August 2024 to replace seawalls along the Potomac River and part of the Tidal Basin could affect the viewing of some of the cherry trees.
—Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
Noun
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The Bayfront And Barge By the water, a giant ornamental stone barge juts into Biscayne Bay, designed to resemble a Venetian boat and double as a breakwater.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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Stahl said officials believe the boy drowned near the breakwaters, although that has yet to be confirmed.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Two people were killed in a rollover crash Sunday after being ejected from their vehicle that hit an embankment south of Placerville, according to the California Highway Patrol.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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At least one person was seriously injured when a vehicle left Interstate 91 in Windsor late Tuesday and went down an embankment.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
Noun
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There were also delays in conveying the vital information that the levees had failed.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 July 2025
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An engineering proposal that was recently submitted to state officials calls for acquiring nearly 24,000 acres of farmland near Kettleman City and building levees to contain the new lake and wetlands.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
Noun
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The 12-mile-long dam was built for three main reasons: to improve water quality, to control flooding, and to provide a place for recreation.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 Aug. 2025
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The state declared the dam unsafe two years ago, demanded the water level be lowered because of flood risk and ordered San Diego to accelerate efforts to rebuild the 106-year-old dam.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Paleomagnetic measurements allow to estimate how long magma was actively flowing in a dike.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The dike kept towns such as Belle Glades and Clewiston safe, and kept the crops in the vast Everglades Agricultural Area dry in summer and watered in winter.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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