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seawalls

noun

plural of seawall

as in breakwaters

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Officials urged people to maintain a safe distance from the water and to stay away from jetties, piers, beachside rocks and other waterside infrastructure.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Stay out of the water and off rock jetties, according to the NWS Los Angeles.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Definition of jetties

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Many residents and volunteers rushed to fill sandbags as levees leaked and threatened to cause even more damage.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2026
Another problem human measures like dams and levees seem to have created, the team argues, is a perception of safety.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of levees

Noun

Rising sea levels push salt water inland through rivers, canals and shallow groundwater; storm surges cause embankments to collapse, allowing water to seep into soils, rivers and groundwater systems.

— Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, The Dial, 7 July 2026
Riding mowers are not designed for wet conditions and are more likely to roll on embankments.

— Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2026

Definition of embankments

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Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
As the dikes spread, the region faced earthquakes and brought back into action long dormant faults, draining the magma beneath the ridge.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Definition of dikes

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Water that isn’t trapped in dams or pulled from wells or rivers eventually reaches the Pacific Ocean.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026
As opposed to beavers that build dams and lodges, block streams and divert and channel water, these beavers dig underwater into the bank of the reservoir and access their burrows through underground tunnels.

— Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026

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