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seawalls

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plural of seawall

as in breakwaters

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Beachgoers should stay off jetties and sea walls, and avoid beaches altogether during high tides, the weather service said.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Low tide exposed the concrete and rock infrastructure — known as groins and jetties — used to shore up the beach a half-century ago.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of jetties

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But the biggest issue in the North Bay is the area immediately east of Petaluma River, west of Lakeville Highway and north of Highway 37, where nearby levees have a high chance of topping over.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
The state is pre-positioning more than 4 million sandbags, more than 50,000 feet of portable flood barriers and 400,000 tons of rock to repair levees.

— Adrian Florido, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of levees

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Water began to flood the streets of Baja California Sur on Monday hours after residents boarded up homes and set up embankments as Hurricane Polo bore down on the peninsula Monday, threatening high winds, floods and mudslides.

— Megan Janetsky, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
How levees work Levees are earthen embankments positioned parallel to a river that effectively raise the height of the banks of the river to prevent overflow when the river swells.

— Kaleigh Yost, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of embankments

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In Colombia’s Ciénaga Grande, roads and dikes disrupted the flow of seawater and freshwater from the 1950s onward, contributing to one of the largest mangrove die-offs on record.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Historical records indicate that dikes were deliberately breached during a military conflict, allowing the swollen Yellow River to inundate the city.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of dikes

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The country’s other hydroelectric dams produce no more than 100 megawatts combined, the employee said.

— Hamza Fahmy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Having your gutter system inspected and repaired before winter will also reduce the risk of ice dams forming inside the gutters.

— Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 28 Oct. 2026

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