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levee

noun as in embankment

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A Jan. 22 storm filled a north levee near the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant with more than 1,100 tons of debris.

Levee disasters like the one in the Monterey County community of Pajaro show the risks.

Doctor said the package submitted to the Pulitzer board included on-the-ground reporting, as well as blogs, newsletters and texts produced for readers as the storms hammered California’s Central Coast, causing landslides, levee failures and widespread destruction.

In Atlanta, he said, Black fans couldn’t buy tickets and were forced to watch Robinson play from a levee behind the right field fence.

Think of levee failures during Hurricane Katrina.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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