jetty
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The jagged wood pilings are likely from railroad trestles installed to carry boulders out to the existing jetty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Wedge was created in the 1930s, when the Army Corps of Engineers extended a rock jetty some 2,000 feet out from the beach to protect the entrance to Newport Harbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The material exposed at the Wedge surf spot in Newport Beach by powerful swells is believed to be part of an old jetty that was constructed decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
A queue of traders and families waited in line at the jetty.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Whatever the submarine had been delivering on the jetty, it couldn’t be anything to do with computers.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
Some of the newly uncovered objects are from the city’s unsuccessful attempts to build jetties in the early 1900s, before the Army Corps of Engineers took over, said local historian William Lobdell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
People should either stay out of the water or swim near lifeguards and avoid rock jetties, which can be deadly in such conditions, the weather service said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"We are going to augment facilities -- either by reconstruction, or construction of new jetties," he said, underlining that his service's mandate is to "touch every island".
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Very large tankers - capable of carrying up to 85 million gallons of oil - are able to come up to the island's long jetties to pick up the oil.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
It pounds the jetties with such force that the water sprays straight up into the air, creating giant walls of water that soar and then come crashing down on the rocks.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
One of the ships lay at the little island of Onroost, which is piled and jettied all around, and contained a small and compact repairing yard for merchant vessels of all nations.
From The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth by Edward Osler
A number of questions crowded to Gregory's mind, as they crossed the jettied inlet and headed down the coast.
From El Diablo by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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