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Recent Examples of seawall
Iguanas dig burrows under the foundations of homes, buildings, seawalls, canal banks, dams, and pretty much everywhere else.
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Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
At the time, a geologist said the seawall was expected to last 10 to 20 years.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
This will speed up vital projects like reinforcing the seawall and converting septic systems to sewer pipelines, boosting community resilience.
—Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Among foreign airlines, an Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul to San Francisco in July 2013 crashed after striking the seawall off the end of the runway, killing three passengers and injuring nearly 200.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
At the time, a geologist said the seawall was expected to last 10 to 20 years.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
This will speed up vital projects like reinforcing the seawall and converting septic systems to sewer pipelines, boosting community resilience.
—Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Among foreign airlines, an Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul to San Francisco in July 2013 crashed after striking the seawall off the end of the runway, killing three passengers and injuring nearly 200.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
Noun
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When spring officially begins on March 20, Waukegan Harbor begins to come alive once again as shore fishers hit the breakwaters and boaters begin readying their crafts for a summer of fun on the water.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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Its first civil works project in the Philadelphia region was the construction of a breakwater near Cape Henlopen, Delaware, in 1829.—
Todd Aagaard,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Apr. 2025
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Among the ruins of jetties and stairs, where travelers waited for ferries, mudlarks often find accessories, coins and pins.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Heading further into the thing could have toppled our vehicle and sent us rolling down the embankment.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Footage showed the mangled wreckage on an embankment on the side of the highway.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began installing canals and levees to control flooding in the Everglades, which allowed people to build farms and communities along its edges.—
John Kominoski,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2025
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Dozens of rivers from Arkansas to Indiana were flooding on Sunday, threatening bridges, levees, water and sewage systems, and other infrastructure.—
Patrick J. Lyons,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The land between the 1982 dam on the east and C-470 on the west is owned by the Corps of Engineers and managed as a park by the city of Lakewood.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2025
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Hop Brook Lake and dam are located in the towns of Naugatuck, Waterbury, and Middlebury, according to the corps.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The fifth season, then, premiered in the noxious contrail of the Dobbs decision, which silenced those who believed a 1973 Supreme Court case could serve as a permanent finger in the political dike.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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Miss Maynard’s class is building Holland on a small scale in one of their sandbox tables with dikes, towers, windmills, boys with wooden shoes and girls with flaxen hair.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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