rock barrier
Example Sentences
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He now envisions a future with a rock barrier at the base of the bluff—something opponents hate more than geotubes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Cruising around 7 knots, we turned past sea lions barking on the breakwater, a rock barrier that guards Seattle’s Shilshole Bay Marina from the waters of Puget Sound.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023
Building the rock barrier, known as riprap, was an “exhausting project,” since the raw material could be unloaded only during low tide, said Metrolink spokesman Paul Gonzales.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2021
If a regularly appearing tidal wave is wiping out a village, the player can pick up lumps of molten lava and build a rock barrier, shielding their charges.
From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2011
"You must be," I say, "at the kingdom's rock barrier, for sure."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
