bulkhead
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Video showed waves slamming against the bulkhead that protects beachfront homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 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
He learned to never sit near the bulkhead where bassinets frequently were placed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Extent of the flooding if the bulkhead had been watertight.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
In the creaking, thrumming double bulkhead of the leading zeppelin, the dragonflies were hatching.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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
The effects of individual bulkheads travel far beyond their footprint, recent science has shown, affecting not just the area directly ahead of it but the flow of sediment and waves all along the shore.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
But then he was distracted by a bolt in one of the bulkheads.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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