piers
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The 1982-83 winter season, which coincided with a very strong El Niño, was historically destructive for California’s coast, with storms wrecking the Santa Monica and Seal Beach piers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Shaking from a quake could damage wharves, piers, buildings and roadway above the seawall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He said the team had painstakingly recreated recognisable elements of the town, such as the winding alleyways and the texture of the piers.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
A black, polished sliding door delivers you into a reception room whose pomp is disciplined by marble piers, dark patinated-bronze framing panels, and—most memorably—walls sheathed in gold mosaic and red marble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
By the time they passed the piers along the San Francisco Embarcadero, she felt so woozy she thought she was hallucinating.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
