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causeway

[kawz-wey] / ˈkɔzˌweɪ /
NOUN
dike/dyke
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NOUN
embankment
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Dave Shaw, 37, of Dave’s Walks has silently led me on languid explorations of the United Kingdom; across the cobblestone causeway to Cornwall’s St. Michael’s Mount, and along the clifftops of North Devon.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

At the Auckland Outboard Boating Club, members were having a Wednesday-night drink when one of them noticed a Zodiac lying abandoned on the causeway.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

What was once Great Britain is now a quarantined island, cut off from the mainland and protected by an armed causeway that can only be accessed during low tide.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2025

The tide recedes every day for a few hours, long enough to walk across a narrow strip of causeway to the mainland.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2025

Along the causeway, the two little boys marched on.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

With majestic temples, markets and pyramids linked by canals and causeways, Tenochtitlan was home at its peak to some 200,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The scientists also identified causeways with ditches on either side which they believe were canals that helped managed the abundant water in the region.

From BBC Jan. 11, 2024

Television’s Memory Lane has as many versions as there are Atlanta streets named Peachtree, with only a few of those causeways seeing heavy traffic.

From Salon Oct. 13, 2023

Still, in a crisis, China’s People’s Liberation Army could attempt a chancy gambit like offloading amphibious vehicles from the ferries at sea or using floating causeways, Dahm said.

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2022

Puzzlingly, the causeways and canals are not present in every area.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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