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Recent Examples of seawall
In the more recent Blade Runner 2049 and Syfy Network series The Expanse, massive seawalls try to protect a future Los Angeles and New York City from sea-level rise caused by climate change.
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Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Beachfront hotels have been rebuilt on slightly higher ground, further protected by seawalls.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
New York City has planned to build several expansive—and expensive—seawalls to protect it from rising sea levels and storm surges, although some of these have been stalled amid debates over their cost, feasibility and effectiveness.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
One seawall seemed to be disgorging a steady stream of liquid into the river, as if connected to a spigot.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Beachfront hotels have been rebuilt on slightly higher ground, further protected by seawalls.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
New York City has planned to build several expansive—and expensive—seawalls to protect it from rising sea levels and storm surges, although some of these have been stalled amid debates over their cost, feasibility and effectiveness.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
One seawall seemed to be disgorging a steady stream of liquid into the river, as if connected to a spigot.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
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The federal government's lawsuit hinges on a section in the U.S. Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 that says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must sign off on any plans to place a wharf, pier, boom breakwater, bulkhead, jetty or other structures in navigable waters.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American-Statesman,
15 May 2024
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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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Room recommendations: Ocean Pool House #30 sits at the end of the jetty and offers the most secluded location and unobstructed sunset view.—
Katie Kiefner,
Vogue,
1 Jan. 2025
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Today, no memory trace remains at this jetty, which has since become a popular angling spot.—
Zining Mok,
Longreads,
22 Oct. 2024
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Video shows a vehicle partially submerged in the ocean after being pushed off an embankment.—
Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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Police said the snowmobile drove off the trail, down a steep embankment and struck multiple trees.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2025
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High school teacher David Delio and his two daughters glided down the levee on a yoga mat and a boogie board.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The wind was 100 miles an hour, L.A. was dry as a bone, and the levees...—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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Those efforts include hundreds of millions of dollars spent studying a hydroelectric dam that was never built and tens of millions building an Anchorage seafood plant that failed.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Feb. 2025
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In extreme cases, water can overtop dams, causing a risk of failure.—
Paul Rogers,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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This lack of collaboration is untenable in the current reality where the sea of fast-moving, stealth attackers threatens to overwhelm the dike entirely.—
Jonathan Fischbein,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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There’s a classic Dutch folk story about a young boy who heroically plugged a small leak in a dike with a finger, preventing a catastrophic flood by holding back the water until help arrives.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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