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Recent Examples of seawall
Human modifications to coastal landscapes, such as seawalls and levees, can worsen flood risks, accelerate erosion and hinder the ability of coastal ecosystems to naturally adapt, according to the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
Then, stroll along the Stanley Park seawall, dotted with monuments, sculptures, and scenic vistas.
—AFAR Media, 30 July 2025
The seawall offers a first-rate space for walking, jogging, biking, or rollerblading, with surrey bike rentals available for even more fun.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
Three minutes later, the vessel stopped against the seawall on the east side of the Brooklyn Bridge and the crew deployed anchors.
—David Chiu, People.com, 1 July 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
Then, stroll along the Stanley Park seawall, dotted with monuments, sculptures, and scenic vistas.
—AFAR Media, 30 July 2025
The seawall offers a first-rate space for walking, jogging, biking, or rollerblading, with surrey bike rentals available for even more fun.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
Three minutes later, the vessel stopped against the seawall on the east side of the Brooklyn Bridge and the crew deployed anchors.
—David Chiu, People.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
Noun
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And a stone jetty, or breakwater, to protect the harbor was installed in 2020.—
Julie Depenbrock,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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As waves lap against jetties, gossip ripples to adjacent towns.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The front of the school bus, meanwhile, was entangled with a tree in the embankment, the body of the bus tilted completely to one side.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Three years ago this week, Hardy was on his way back from a concert in Bristol, Tennessee, when his tour bus careened off the road and rolled down an embankment.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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By Fathom’s estimate, a 100-year flood could cause the nearby Columbia River to spill over a levee that protects Richland, then loosely follow the creek to the hospitals.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Utilities, the levee and Interstate 80 limit where workers can place boring equipment around Prospect Slough, Moreno wrote.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 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
Noun
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Park staff partially opened the valve in July after heavy rain caused water levels to overflow the dike, raising erosion concerns.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
14 Aug. 2025
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By taking down part of the old dike and building a new one farther back, the project has given the river some breathing room, expanding the floodplain.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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