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waterfront

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






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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

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

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

“We realized our members wanted a casual waterfront community where a 21-year-old and an 80-year-old could hang out around a pool bar together,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The widow of the waterfront decided to ignore him.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

Buyers want to “obtain that coastal lifestyle” for less money than it would cost in other California waterfronts, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

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

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024

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

As the nation baked under the unrelenting sun, and violence spread along the docks and waterfronts of the West, the national political dialogue also grew heated that summer.

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


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