embankment
Example Sentences
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An official report found an embankment constructed in 1968 had collapsed, despite the Environment Agency being aware of its vulnerabilities.
From BBC
They located the woman about 75 feet down a steep embankment.
From Los Angeles Times
They walked along the granite embankments of the Neva, past the magnificent Admiralty building and its proud white columns, its countless statues and friezes depicting figures from myths and ancient times.
From Literature
They then dropped it out the window, carried it across the river bridge in a wheelbarrow and fled in a car parked near the embankment.
Other wider sections of the Radical Road would have a sloped earth embankment built to catch any rockfall.
From BBC
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