seawalls

plural of seawall

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawalls
Noun
  • Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Langlois — a Canadian VFX visionary responsible for the tech that made movies like Jurassic Park possible — and his partner Marchand collaborated not only on Coulibri Ridge, but also rebuilding jetties, a primary school, and coral reefs after the devastating 2017 storm.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Several creeks north of Vallecito Reservoir in La Plata County rose rapidly on Saturday, breaking through levees and over riverbanks, as the remnants of Tropical Storm Priscilla moved over the region.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The new levees will replace old dirt berms that are 6 to 10 feet high.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Family, friends and spectators line the embankments, looking down from pedestrian bridges and the underpasses, holding up signs and cheering.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Scruton and his team had a weekend to remove the trees, mud, dirt and embankments.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While the new dikes are funded by the federal government, the extensive reforestation efforts are privately covered by a non-governmental organization.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But a lot of the dams are in bad shape.
    Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Hydropower dams are highly suitable for floating solar projects but present engineering difficulties due to significant variations in water height.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Seawalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawalls. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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