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Recent Examples of seawall
Ecological costs of traditional seawalls Seawalls have long served as a primary defense against coastal erosion and storm surges.
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Sara Pezeshk, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
Macans' job involved helping communities navigate state and federal grants to repair roads, bridges, buildings, dams, seawalls and other infrastructure.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
The City of Key West held an emergency meeting Friday and decided to close the outer 45 feet of the popular tourist spot to all traffic, including foot traffic, because inspectors found structural deterioration on parts of the seawall.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Rock revetments, seawalls and other hard structures built on the beach limit public access and can contribute to coastal erosion.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Sara Pezeshk, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
Macans' job involved helping communities navigate state and federal grants to repair roads, bridges, buildings, dams, seawalls and other infrastructure.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
The City of Key West held an emergency meeting Friday and decided to close the outer 45 feet of the popular tourist spot to all traffic, including foot traffic, because inspectors found structural deterioration on parts of the seawall.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Rock revetments, seawalls and other hard structures built on the beach limit public access and can contribute to coastal erosion.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
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In the early 2000s, authorities began building infrastructure in the lagoon, including a breakwater at the mouth of Cerro Hermoso, where the town of El Zapotalito is located.—
Gwendolina Duval,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2025
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But trucks nearby are now hauling giant stones from across Georgia to use in the construction of a breakwater for the port.—
Ivan Nechepurenko,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This artificial reef, made of 20 artificial reef modules plus an artificial reef jetty that extends from the beach into the water, is located just offshore in shallow waters.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The investigation will tear down the engines, examine components in depth, analyze in-flight and air traffic control data, and investigate the embankment, localizers and evidence of bird strike, the report said about its next steps.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The report said authorities will disassemble the engines, examine their components in depth, analyze the black box and air traffic control data, and investigate the embankment, localizer and bird strike evidence to ultimately determine the cause of the crash.—
Stephen Sorace,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The Unified Government has conducted site work and construction to widen the levee to create a nearby overlook park adjacent to the bridge.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
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In Greenville, a one-room Chinese schoolhouse opened on a grassy knoll near the levee.—
Erika Hayasaki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The Erie Canal and New York State’s other canals are segmented and managed by a series of locks, lift bridges, guard gates and movable dams that control water flow and vessel traffic.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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There have been too many holes in the dam and not enough thumbs to plug them.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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And the Treasury secretary is really the last guy with his finger kind of in the dike.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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The fifth season, then, premiered in the noxious contrail of the Dobbs decision, which silenced those who believed a 1973 Supreme Court case could serve as a permanent finger in the political dike.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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