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boardwalk

[bawrd-wawk, bohrd-] / ˈbɔrdˌwɔk, ˈboʊrd- /
NOUN
esplanade
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NOUN
sidewalk
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Alex Srour told CBS 8 that he was riding his bike on the boardwalk when he heard someone scream, “Watch out.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

“The whole beach is gone,” said Carmen Vaudry, 58, describing how the sand used to sit just below the boardwalk in front of her home, but now appears to have dropped several feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Fire department officials evacuated residences along Seaside Walk, from 63rd to 67th Place in Long Beach after the seawall and boardwalk were found to be compromised, the department said in a post on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The improvements will include a new boardwalk across muddy parts of the park, litter-picking and the creation of shallow wetland habitats.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The boardwalk ends and we step into the dusty street and keep walking.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

For instance, an association covering single-family housing doesn’t deal with issues such as environmental risks or maintenance of things like boardwalks that a single-family beach HOA may have to tackle.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

A journey across over 60 miles of sand, cliffs and boardwalks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Tackling the High Fens fire was made much harder by the fens' terrain -- a patchwork of heath, peat bogs and raised wooden boardwalks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Across the archipelago, marine iguanas routinely stretch out across boardwalks and walking paths, forcing tourists to either wait patiently or find another route.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

He even offered to row them there, but he wanted too high a fee and so instead they went the long way, threading around drowned and rotting streets, down floating boardwalks.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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