bulkhead

The alert came in as I was boarding another American flight and I mistakenly thought they had changed that very good bulkhead seat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Crews were making emergency repairs to the bulkhead when conditions allowed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

For outdoor adventure enthusiasts, there is also a new dock with concrete pilings, boat and jet ski lifts, and vinyl bulkhead that are situated on a 75 x 160 waterfront lot.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

Extent of the flooding if the bulkhead had been watertight.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

The small fingers brushed her cheek, gave her shoulder one last squeeze, and retreated through the bulkhead.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Officials have long known the height of the city’s historic seawalls and bulkheads, which were built in the early to mid-1900s, would not hold up to rising tides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

It also found design standards to be "poor with all the vessels lacking watertight bulkheads, doors and hatches".

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025

The city undertook an emergency project to install two new bulkheads to repair washouts from the storm, with construction costs totaling nearly $4.9 million, according to a report from the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024

But the state Department of Environmental Protection has tended to oppose bulkheads as a long-term solution, noting that the hard structures often encourage sand scouring against them that can accelerate and worsen erosion.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

He found a rubberized canvas seabag and he prowled the rest of the ship in his boots, pushing himself off the bulkheads against the tilt, the yellow slicker pants rattling in the cold.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy