Thesaurus results for EARTHWORKS

earthworks

noun

plural of earthwork

as in breastworks

a raised bank or wall made of soil prehistoric earthworks

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Recent Examples of earthworks The scientists used cutting-edge airborne laser scanning technology and found hundreds of previously unknown earthworks. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 10 Aug. 2026 As reported by Heritage Daily, the new findings—published in the journal Nature—include signs of hundreds of earthworks that had not previously been identified. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026 More than 200 of these earthworks have been preserved at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 From 2016, project teams were flying weekly missions and creating a Google Earth-consistent aerial record of earthworks at centimeter resolution and accuracy. — Mike Winn, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 This is around the same time that the first earthworks at Stonehenge were built, while the famous stones weren’t put in place until 500 years later. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 It's thought that people would have celebrated the solstice at the site around the same time as the very first earthworks were built at Stonehenge. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 The famous earthworks artist, with help from his team and volunteers, unveiled the piece to Lawrence and the Algerian community on Saturday to a crowd of over 800. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026 Lantern Light Magic End the day with the Lantern Light Tour at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, where the night sky transforms the ancient earthworks into an unforgettable experience. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026

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Assam has invested heavily in embankments, erosion-control structures, flood walls and other engineering.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Rising sea levels push salt water inland through rivers, canals and shallow groundwater; storm surges cause embankments to collapse, allowing water to seep into soils, rivers and groundwater systems.

— Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Definition of embankments

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Called convergent binocular stereo (CBS), it is designed for robotic heads whose two cameras can point toward the same location instead of remaining parallel.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Finding bodies with their heads removed, bricks in their mouths, or – as in this case – a sickle pointing at their throat, automatically earns suspicion as a vampire.

— Mike McRae August 25, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of heads

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In addition to its combination of historic character, modern systems and design‑driven finishes, the house is set just blocks from McKinley Park, Sellands Neighborhood Cafe & Bar and some of Sacramento’s favorite streets.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the region administration, said that attacks had damaged homes and apartment blocks, and that one child was among the injured.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of blocks

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This week, Nepal saw more than 430 megawatts of power –– enough to power hundreds of thousands of homes –– knocked offline after 12 dams were hit by the surge of floodwaters.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Researchers have estimated that the waters held behind the world’s dams emit between 10 million and 22 million metric tons of methane per year — roughly equivalent to 3% to 7% of all the methane from human activities.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of dams

Noun

Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
As the dikes spread, the region faced earthquakes and brought back into action long dormant faults, draining the magma beneath the ridge.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Definition of dikes

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Before floodwater began to rise, Abigail Erikson hadn’t planned to spend hours filling sandbags to save the community of Rocky Ripple as levees threatened failure.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026
Another problem human measures like dams and levees seem to have created, the team argues, is a perception of safety.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of levees

Noun

For weeks this past spring, Israelis sought shelter from Iranian ballistic missile barrages, sometimes sleeping in underground train stations and parking lots.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026
Earlier this month, the air force stopped publishing the number of ballistic missiles fired or intercepted in Russia's nightly barrages.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

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