breakwater
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The H5N1 vaccination program, which also covers a popular little penguin population at a breakwater in the Melbourne beach suburb of St Kilda, is a challenge, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Spain has now erected new barriers along the breakwater to deter future crossers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The second boat launched from the Dunkirk area overnight and was spotted near a breakwater off the coast at 06:00, the French coastguard said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The project Collins chose to champion in her first television advertisement in May was the Eastport breakwater, a pier in Eastport, Maine, that collapsed in 2014.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
In the harbor one or two rowboats lay still at anchor, and beyond the breakwater the starlight glittered on a calm sea.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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