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waterfront

[waw-ter-fruhnt, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌfrʌnt, ˈwɒt ər- /






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Board of Harbor Commissioners allocate a portion of its operating income from the Port of Los Angeles to investments in waterfront public access projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

As for the Port of Los Angeles, the amendment would require the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners to annually allocate a portion of the harbor’s operating income to investments in waterfront public access projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

With an excited crowd already gathering at the waterfront, his team from the National Institute of Fisheries Science had to move fast.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Billionaire Frank McCourt is listing a waterfront compound with a private marina in Boca Raton, Fla., for $125 million, a potentially record-setting sum for the city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

They had moved at first into a dilapidated shed down on the waterfront, on the fringes of Hooverville.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

It sparked a craze where people flocked to places like parks, waterfronts and shopping malls in the hope of catching Pokémon.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

“In the next decade, New York’s waterfronts are going to look very different.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024

In Nashville; Charlotte, N.C., and Tulsa, Okla., city and county governments have successfully enacted effective floodplain zoning, relocating homes and converting waterfronts to public open space.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023

Now, D.C.’s gaze has turned toward our waterfronts, including the Wharf, National Harbor and Washington Harbour in Georgetown, which are job creators and magnets for locals and tourists alike.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022

From New Jersey to Alaska, reservoirs, bridges, tunnels, factories, and waterfronts were put under guard.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand


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