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retaining wall

noun as in holding wall

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There is a bench shaped like a butterfly, a retaining wall with a snake sculpture, and a green metal gate with an arch in the form of a giant toad.

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“These homes require septic systems, sea walls, retaining walls and complex foundations. Those come with restrictions,” Bundy said.

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Crews have built more than two dozen retaining walls to prop up the roadway over the last three decades, he said.

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New guardrails, retaining walls, erosion control and drainage systems were put in place to address the destruction.

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They ran, some barefoot in the mud, up a steep hill beyond the property’s retaining wall.

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