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as in dam
a bank of earth constructed to control water
the raging floodwaters were too much for the levee to handle
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as in wharf
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers
we tied the boat up at the levee and started unloading the fish we had caught
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Hurricane Katrina’s surge in 2005 broke levees and flooded New Orleans.
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Anthony C. Didlake Jr., Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
Evacuation orders are in place for large swaths of coastal Louisiana, mainly covering low-lying areas with limited or no levee protection, while many schools in south Louisiana will be closed Wednesday.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
In Port Arthur, Tex., an energy company called Sempra is erecting levees 20.6 feet above sea level to protect one of its LNG export plants.
—Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Then, of course, New Orleans’s aging levees broke, submerging most of the city.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
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Anthony C. Didlake Jr., Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
Evacuation orders are in place for large swaths of coastal Louisiana, mainly covering low-lying areas with limited or no levee protection, while many schools in south Louisiana will be closed Wednesday.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
In Port Arthur, Tex., an energy company called Sempra is erecting levees 20.6 feet above sea level to protect one of its LNG export plants.
—Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Then, of course, New Orleans’s aging levees broke, submerging most of the city.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
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The trail is a simple, easy trip around the water, ducking in and out of pines and over the dams where blooming shrubs attract swarms of butterflies, bees and dragonflies.Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Further, a floating solar project can tap into the transmission infrastructure already in place for the hydropower dam.Jeff Opperman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Sheer curtains cover the windows, which look out on the building next door rather than the wharf itself, and the theme is much more timeless elegance than nautical transportation.Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The three-story red-brick box with a little blue door was built in the 1860s as workforce housing by the Atlantic Dock Company, which once ran the wharf nearby.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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The latest death involved a man who drove a car off a steep embankment on Aug. 1 after taking a one-mile circular hike at the park.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement The driver was an older person who lost control of their vehicle on a nearby embankment and had minor injuries, said watch commander Lt. Rony Del Pinto of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Maritime employers in British Columbia will lock out more than 730 dock foremen across Canada’s West Coast ports Monday afternoon, straining activity at major ports on both sides of the country.Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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The harbor had a derelict air, its large docks empty and the plaza devoid of people.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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And the hotel's location couldn’t be better: it is directly connected to the IFC Mall and just a short walk from the ferry piers.Livia Hengel, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Fish Market is one of the top-grossing restaurants in the country but had to move from its longtime home on a wooden pier to make way for construction of West Harbor.Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Since Salar al Khafaji and Sebastiaan Visser launched it in 2021, Monumental robots has built multiple projects for top contractors in the Netherlands, including the facades of free-standing villas, social housing units, industrial buildings, and quay walls.Megan Carnegie, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
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At the Bank Hotel, a boutique hotel near the city's famous quay, sustainability was built into the hotel from the very beginning.Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Levee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levee. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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