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embankment

noun as in dike

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Authorities believe that the Subaru had left the roadway and overturned several times down an embankment.

Following the crash, it emerged that an operating manual from Muan International Airport, uploaded early in 2024, had said the concrete embankment was too close to the end of the runway.

From BBC

Structural maintenance includes resurfacing and reconstruction of roads and footways, as well as investment in both drainage infrastructure and in the structural stability of embankments.

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The driver was an older person who lost control of their vehicle on a nearby embankment and had minor injuries, said watch commander Lt.

The inquest heard Hugo lost control after taking the bend too fast, entered on to a grass verge, went down a steep embankment and then into a water-filled drainage ditch.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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