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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

In Boca, a waterfront spec house in the exclusive Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club sold for a record $75 million in May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

For Jourdain Yardan, golfing at the East Potomac Golf Links on Washington DC's waterfront is a twice-weekly ritual.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The actor purchased the waterfront property for $16.5 million in 2016, according to records.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

At five fifteen, Jackson grabbed his backpack and headed down to the waterfront.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

Back then the waterfronts of Port Glasgow and neighbouring Greenock were filled with shipyards.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025

Things are precarious all around for West Coast commercial fishermen, who worry about maintaining their working waterfronts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2024

The work to protect salmon habitat extends beyond those forest streams, through agricultural land, urban landscapes and working waterfronts.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 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

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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