causeway
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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
“Auntie—she—told it to me once. A legend that a giant built this causeway to get across the sea to fight another giant. Only when he got there, the giant was way bigger than he’d expected.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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
It was a massive island city with large causeways that connected it to the shores of the lake.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
A few European observers before Holmberg had remarked upon the earthworks’ existence, though some doubted that the causeways and forest islands were of human origin.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Aztec, Maya, and Inca Empires - Introductory
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The Early Americas and European Exploration, Lessons 1–2
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