as in levee
a bank of earth constructed to control water
the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge
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Recent Examples of embankment
The crash comes just more than five years after Woods was involved in a serious rollover crash near Los Angeles, when his car went off the road going more than 80 mph and down an embankment in the Pacific Palisades in February 2021.
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
This 2-mile stretch of embankment once channeled 43,000 cars across the city daily, polluting the air and assailing landmarks such as the Louvre and the Pont Neuf with noise and vibration.
—Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
Even as change sweeps through Austin, many SXSW spots felt timeless — like the big public concerts at Lady Bird Lake, or the Red River venue Cheer Up Charlies, with its outdoor stage framed by a 30-foot-high limestone embankment, creating a cave-band vibe.
—Thor Christensen, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Crews will build a temporary embankment to carry two lanes of motorists in each direction on I-35E over Shepard Road, according to the MnDOT.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
This 2-mile stretch of embankment once channeled 43,000 cars across the city daily, polluting the air and assailing landmarks such as the Louvre and the Pont Neuf with noise and vibration.
—Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
Even as change sweeps through Austin, many SXSW spots felt timeless — like the big public concerts at Lady Bird Lake, or the Red River venue Cheer Up Charlies, with its outdoor stage framed by a 30-foot-high limestone embankment, creating a cave-band vibe.
—Thor Christensen, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Crews will build a temporary embankment to carry two lanes of motorists in each direction on I-35E over Shepard Road, according to the MnDOT.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embankment
Noun
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The cost of upgrading the local levee is about three times the town's total annual budget.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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But farming communities nationwide have been adversely affected by the president's tariff policy, as global trading partners scaled back agricultural purchases like soybeans in retaliation for higher levees.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This is small, beaver-dam-laden water with a sandy composition, and a few years ago, Kozminski caught a glimpse of something irregular sticking out of the sand.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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Some customers complain about large icicles and ice dams forming in the winter where there weren’t issues previously, which makes some homeowners question how well the system actually collects runoff.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Embankment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embankment. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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