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causeway

[kawz-wey] / ˈkɔzˌweɪ /
NOUN
dike/dyke
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NOUN
embankment
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AI software was used to analyse commercially available drone footage of crowds at the causeway, which is near Bushmills, County Antrim.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Dave Shaw, 37, of Dave’s Walks has silently led me on languid explorations of the United Kingdom; across the cobblestone causeway to Cornwall’s St. Michael’s Mount, and along the clifftops of North Devon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

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

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

"My lord," he said, "Ser Addam bid me tell you that the Stark host is moving down the causeway."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin