causeway
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Illustrations from the era show Malinche, serving as translator, as a prominent figure during Cortés’ epochal meeting with Moctezuma on Nov. 8, 1519, on a causeway leading to Tenochtitlán.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
The result is a 2,700-foot causeway where ferries or civilian cargo ships could pull up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
At the Auckland Outboard Boating Club, members were having a Wednesday-night drink when one of them noticed a Zodiac lying abandoned on the causeway.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
What was once Great Britain is now a quarantined island, cut off from the mainland and protected by an armed causeway that can only be accessed during low tide.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025
“Auntie—she—told it to me once. A legend that a giant built this causeway to get across the sea to fight another giant. Only when he got there, the giant was way bigger than he’d expected.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Vocabulary lists containing causeway
Aztec, Maya, and Inca Empires - Introductory
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The Early Americas and European Exploration, Lessons 1–2
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