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seawall

noun

Definition of seawall

as in breakwater

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Recent Examples of seawall Shore said the aging seawall is long overdue for reassessment. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 In March last year, one permit proposal called for repairs to the bluff below 5322 Calumet, extending an erodible concrete seawall — which is designed to recede at the same pace as the earth around it — that was built after a bluff failure in 2010. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2026 Go all the way to the end of Namquid Drive, then follow the pathway from the small parking area down to the seawall. — Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 27 May 2026 That program covers up to 100% of the permitting fees for living-seawall projects. — Carlton Gillespie, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for seawall

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Noun

The city is also looking at water circulation around the pier, specifically how the breakwater changes the environment, Parry said.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The shark was apparently first found wedged in rocks by the breakwater at Salty Brine State Beach in Galilee, but then the shark freed itself and started swimming in circles.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026

Definition of breakwater

Noun

The crash is the second time someone has plunged their vehicle over the same embankment and died.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Members of the Baker County team set up a system of ropes and rappelled themselves down a steep embankment off the road to access the river, police said.

— Kevin Fixler July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026

Definition of embankment

Noun

The river has risen again and again, and in 1993, the Mississippi did not go over the levee, at first, but under it, burrowing a tunnel like a prisoner seeking freedom.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Concerned the barrier would not hold, the plant manager ordered two more backup levees built closer to the plant.

— Kansas City Public Library staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

Definition of levee

Noun

The 20,300-acre reservoir is between the Kerr and Gaston dams, about a 70-mile drive northeast from Raleigh.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
The rains breached reservoirs, including the dramatic collapse of part of a dam in Hengzhou that inundated a wide area with fast-flowing muddy water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of dam

Noun

As the the dikes reached the seafloor, lava erupted onto the ocean floor, while continuing to drain the magma reservoir, causing the seafloor to collapse further, the researchers told ScienceAlert.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
The dike had broken, and the firefighters abandoned their efforts.

— Kansas City Public Library staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

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