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waterfront

[waw-ter-fruhnt, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌfrʌnt, ˈwɒt ər- /






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As for the Port of Los Angeles, the amendment would require the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners to annually allocate a portion of the harbor’s operating income to investments in waterfront public access projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

With an excited crowd already gathering at the waterfront, his team from the National Institute of Fisheries Science had to move fast.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

“We realized our members wanted a casual waterfront community where a 21-year-old and an 80-year-old could hang out around a pool bar together,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In 2000, Manning reportedly purchased land in a private waterfront community in Ooltewah, near Chattanooga, with plans to build a vacation residence.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

A battered canoe arrived at the waterfront laden with jerricans, sacks, ice chests, and boxes, and a man jumped out.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Buyers want to “obtain that coastal lifestyle” for less money than it would cost in other California waterfronts, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

"It sits above Roman waterfronts so that road effectively protects a whole massive swathe of wonderful archaeology - and that would be early Roman waterfronts, medieval buildings, everything," she says.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026

The work to protect salmon habitat extends beyond those forest streams, through agricultural land, urban landscapes and working waterfronts.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

Research in recent years has shown that building walls along some waterfronts deflects the water elsewhere, causing damage.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022

From New Jersey to Alaska, reservoirs, bridges, tunnels, factories, and waterfronts were put under guard.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand


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