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Recent Examples of seawall
Even with the land swap in limbo and his 17-foot-tall seawall unbuilt, Ishbia has declared victory and moved on.
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Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024
Residents have questioned whether repairing seawalls would remove the neighborhood's floodplain designation, which is set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
The resulting structure, unlike a smooth seawall, is replete with nooks, crannies, and convolutions.
—Saqib Rahim, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
An estate of some 3,400 square meters (36,600 square feet) spreads from the property’s private dock along a 200-meter protective seawall frontage and up into a dark green bucolic glade of trees.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024
Residents have questioned whether repairing seawalls would remove the neighborhood's floodplain designation, which is set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
The resulting structure, unlike a smooth seawall, is replete with nooks, crannies, and convolutions.
—Saqib Rahim, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
An estate of some 3,400 square meters (36,600 square feet) spreads from the property’s private dock along a 200-meter protective seawall frontage and up into a dark green bucolic glade of trees.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
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Fishing and sailing boats are sheltered in a marina fronted by restaurants, while the ruins of a nearby ancient breakwater are still visible underwater.John Oseid, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Vonk’s lawsuit accused the Neptune Society of Northern California of negligence, for the Naiad allegedly motoring at an unsafe speed and failing to keep clear of the breakwater, while no proper lookout was maintained.Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The teenager, later identified as Victor Enrique Castaneda Jr., was reported missing around 6 p.m. last Saturday near a jetty close to South Pointe Drive in Miami Beach.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 17 Nov. 2024
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In 1970, a $1 million jetty was specially built on this newly reclaimed ground to receive US military scrap and surplus equipment from the Vietnam War.Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
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Security was tight, with police vans and soldiers in body armor patrolling embankments, while a special detail followed President-elect Donald Trump.Thomas Adamson and John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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The inspection found deterioration of the spillway outfall pipe, and trees growing upstream, downstream and along the embankment.Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
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Some of these include walls made of concrete or other materials, or levees which can be made natural materials such as rocks and earth.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Opponents of the tunnel have argued the state should instead invest in other approaches in the Delta, such as strengthening aging levees and restoring natural floodplains to reduce flood risks, while changing water management and improving existing infrastructure to protect the estuary’s health.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Water managers in the upper basin states have come under criticism recently from environmentalists and officials in other states for moving ahead with plans for new dams and diversions that would take more water from the river.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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These updates aim to extend the operational life of the 61-year-old dam, which is a cornerstone of water management in the Colorado River Basin.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), the eruption remains stable as of Saturday, although lava is advancing westward, placing pressure on dikes and thickening along the resort's defenses.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
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The ground nearby was inflated, indicating the presence of magma below, and now a swarm of earthquakes threatened to funnel the underground dike toward the village.Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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