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seawall

noun

Definition of seawall

as in breakwater

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Recent Examples of seawall Nearby, other park visitors were strolling along the seawall and looking out over the Potomac River to view pink clouds reflected in the river. — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026 Building restrictions were tightened, insurance rates rose, and many requests for new seawall permits were submitted. — Gary Griggs, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026 Three recent storms battered the shoreline, washing away sand, ripping apart sections of the historic boardwalk, and damaging the seawall and homes. — Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Other recent changes include Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson’s 2025 initiative to offer a 20% discount in city permit fees for eligible living seawall or modular retrofit panel installations. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seawall

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Noun

But Long Beach residents have long felt protected from the storms of the ocean by a vast breakwater constructed about 80 years ago to give the Navy safe harbor close to shore.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Lifeguards from the department swam to the breakwater, rescued Dubray and brought her aboard a fire boat.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of breakwater

Noun

Among the tools available are sand berms, cobble berms (sand on top of small stones), jetties, dredging and relocating sand, and below-surface breakwaters.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
The boat transfer from Kalambezi jetty, at one end of Victoria Falls town, to my Mpala Jena villa is itself a safari of sorts.

— Charukesi Ramadurai, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of jetty

Noun

The pilot tried to abort but lost control; the jet crashed through a fence, crossed a five-lane highway, came to rest on an embankment and burst into flames.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
The trains involved were operated by AVE and Iryo, according to local media, with at least two carriages said to have fallen down an embankment after the crash.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of embankment

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But the biggest issue in the North Bay is the area immediately east of Petaluma River, west of Lakeville Highway and north of Highway 37, where nearby levees have a high chance of topping over.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
As Reclamation District 108 leaves some fields dry, the goal will be to move a levee back so the river can spread out, restoring a natural floodplain, Bair said.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of levee

Noun

Plans call for two large dams about 300 feet high, as well as nine smaller ones, holding water pumped from the Sacramento River and inundating about 15,000 acres in a valley northwest of Sacramento.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, this is the time of year when beavers build dams to prepare for winter.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of dam

Noun

In Colombia’s Ciénaga Grande, roads and dikes disrupted the flow of seawater and freshwater from the 1950s onward, contributing to one of the largest mangrove die-offs on record.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Chinese Nationalist forces breached the river’s dikes near Huayuankou to slow advancing Japanese troops.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

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