A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.
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Examples for "mole"
Examples for "mole"
1However, the Si: Al mole ratio tended to differ widely among species.
2Perhaps Nosenko had been sent to protect the mole inside the CIA.
3The mole was draining the soil and purging it of its vermin.
4What I think happened was one of Akhan's men was a mole.
5Evidence, maybe, that there was a mole, that Rolf had been right.
1Kappa statistics on per groin basis were calculated to express interobserver agreement.
2My right knee rises to strike his groin; my toes point downward.
3Cassius stabbed him in the face, and Marcus Brutus in the groin.
4The glands in the right axilla and the groin were much enlarged.
5He's coming off a groin strain and will need help pressuring Griffin.
1He points down a half-hidden slope that leads to a small jetty.
2There is a private stone jetty directly in front of the house.
3He found her twenty minutes later on a jetty at the marina.
4To the south stood a long wooden jetty with boats moored alongside.
5Let us walk on the jetty; I should like to see her.
1However, the Foundation was the last bulwark in Harry and Wills' relationship.
2Yes; the best bulwark of faith is a good and honest heart.
3There was no time to talk -anotherladder hit the stone bulwark.
4Or look at the FTSE 100 index, that bulwark of solid investment.
5Katrin had established herself behind the bulwark of a large, rude table.
1One day the fisher-boys ran out on to the breakwater in playtime.
2I was able to dodge its impact by ducking behind the breakwater.
3He just noticed enough to take the direction toward the harbor breakwater.
4MacGolderick blew himself up at Puerto Truxillo, shooting rocks for the breakwater.
5Ruggiero saw him from the breakwater and watched him with evident interest.
1Workers construct a new seawall at the eastern end of South Tarawa.
2Just walking across the seawall toward the Lighthouse today had been difficult.
3Bits of the seawall were found far down the runway, Hersman added.
4The moorages opposite the gaps in the seawall are given to locals.
5I stood rooted to the seawall, entranced, waiting for it to attack.
1Great rollers come in at the concrete groyne at the foot of East Street.
2And look there, Nesta, see that groyne; that very one.'
3Michael leant against a groyne to support himself, and looked over the water, seeing nothing.
4And look there, Nesta, see that groyne; that very one.' Mrs. Marsett pointed her whip hard out.
5In the evening when the wind had dropped a little, they went out on the groyne to see the steamer come in.
6A barrier has been put across the prom at the ramp's entry, and another at a groyne to the south of the ramp.
7There, as if really unable to get up again, he remained crouching under the groyne, looking up in an attitude of painful anxiety.
8Structures like seawalls and groynes are built to protect property and infrastructure from storms and waves.
9It is focused on seawalls and groynes, and the premier, Mark McGowan, said retreat was a last resort.
10Long-term, neither groynes nor seawalls could protect the town, given climate change and projected sea level rise, BECA warned.
11It is superb for walking -including the exercise of climbing over the groynes -and of course swimming.
12The roots and the accessories act as natural groynes, causing the waves to swirl and to precipitate mud and sand.
13Coruña stands on a peninsula, having on one side the sea, and on the other the celebrated bay, generally called the Groyne.