embankment
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Shoemaker swerved right off the 210 and rolled his Ford Bronco down the embankment, about three stories high, and onto the 57 freeway.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
Two people have been taken to hospital after a bus crashed down an embankment on the A9 north of Aviemore.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
From the embankment I spy the golden domes of Orthodox churches and, down below, ice fishermen dotted along the frozen river.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
Some of the carriages had tumbled down an embankment of four metres, Sanz said at his press conference.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
The riverbed wound its way through high-standing firs and tattered alders, but after a little time the embankment fell away and a sparse forest became their only cover.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing embankment
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