breakwater
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The H5N1 vaccination program, which also covers a popular little penguin population at a breakwater in the Melbourne beach suburb of St Kilda, is a challenge, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Spanish authorities laid a 500-yard inflatable barrier that extends from the breakwater to discourage arrivals and address the legal loophole raised by the Supreme Court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The second boat launched from the Dunkirk area overnight and was spotted near a breakwater off the coast at 06:00, the French coastguard said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The project Collins chose to champion in her first television advertisement in May was the Eastport breakwater, a pier in Eastport, Maine, that collapsed in 2014.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
I left the breakwater and the cove and climbed up the path over the cliffs towards the rest of the people.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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