piers

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But on either side stood empty piers whose planned allegorical statues by French had yet to be cast in bronze, much less installed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

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

He said the team had painstakingly recreated recognisable elements of the town, such as the winding alleyways and the texture of the piers.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

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

He found an empty cargo crate on one of the piers, laid Sefia inside, and crawled in after her, pulling the crate closed behind him.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee