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waterfront

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






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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

In 2000, Manning reportedly purchased land in a private waterfront community in Ooltewah, near Chattanooga, with plans to build a vacation residence.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 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

Thus, it was a matter of only some five or six streets until we reached the main square on the waterfront, where stood our colors and the Regimental drummer, who resolutely beat our retreat.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Rapid population growth, rising rents and limited access to formal housing have pushed many low-income residents into informal settlements, particularly along waterfronts and transport corridors.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 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

Research in recent years has shown that building walls along some waterfronts deflects the water elsewhere, causing damage.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 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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