levee
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Appeared in the February 14, 2026, print edition as 'When the Epstein Levee Breaks'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Levee disasters like the one in the Monterey County community of Pajaro show the risks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
As agents were rounding up that first group, another group of 56 people came across three miles to the east in what’s known as South Levee.
From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2023
Levee maintenance: The Pajaro River runs between Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, yet separate agencies with separate budgets maintain the levees designed to prevent the river from flooding, The Mercury News reports.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023
“I’m no one’s grunt. I work for myself. It’s something the Americans called entrepreneurship. There’s an attic down in the Levee, all made up with beds from a boardinghouse that got shuttered.”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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