breakwater
Example Sentences
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The area historically has been hardest hit by high surf when powerful waves pass between the Alamitos Bay jetty and the breakwater which together act as a barrier between the ocean and the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
Security at the breakwater entrance was "10 times stronger than the previous day", Spanish newspaper El País reported.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Early on Saturday, Spanish officials said they began installing a makeshift, inflatable barrier that extends out some 500 yards from a breakwater where some of the migrants had swum into the enclave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Granite intrusions poked above the water and formed a sort of breakwater that defended the island from some of the worst of the new storms.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
