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seawalls

noun

plural of seawall

as in breakwaters

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Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of jetties

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The town is worried about the effect the wall would have on a series of berms and levees built in the 1970s and 1980s along the Rio Grande and tributaries to combat flooding.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
In the early hours of July 13, 1951 — a day now remembered as Black Friday — water breached the levees protecting Argentine, then swept into Armourdale, the West Bottoms, and the Fairfax industrial district.

— Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

Definition of levees

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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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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
City officials warned residents in the vicinity of the dikes to prepare to evacuate.

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

Definition of dikes

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But the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 shifted federal spending priorities toward national defense and power-generating dams, delaying flood-control measures such as levees designed to protect low-lying communities like Argentine.

— Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Remote dams create transportation problems Delivering an LPT to a hydropower facility presents another layer of difficulty.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

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