piers

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But in 1982-83, when another super El Niño occurred, storms destroyed multiple piers and ripped away a 400-foot section of the Santa Monica Pier.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Images on social media showed one of its supporting stone piers was leaning at an angle and part of the metalwork had twisted and fallen into the river.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Across the narrow strip of water, AFP could see the skyline of the Chinese city of Xiamen, the piers of China's unfinished Xiamen-Kinmen bridge and Xiamen's new international airport, due to open next year.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Despite the yachts in Biscayne Bay, the park felt more like a secret neighborhood treasure than a see-and-be-seen South Beach stage, thanks to its dog run, fishing piers and a playground inspired by musical instruments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

They passed on, Gollum in front and the hobbits now side by side, up the long ravine between the piers and columns of torn and weathered rock, standing like huge unshapen statues on either hand.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien