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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About half a mile upstream the trough was traversed by the Purton breakwater .
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During the attack intense fire from the breakwaters and the Harbour was encountered.
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Grand Isle is a precarious headland, little more than a sandy breakwater , a mile across and less in some places.
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Rich hauls of lead weights also come from beneath the matted seaweed that grows at the foot of harbour walls and breakwaters.
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The end of this breakwater only becomes clear when fairly close, but otherwise the approaches to the main port are simple.
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The second aircraft made his attack over the breakwater , released his torpedo and saw a hit on destroyer.
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The zigzag of harbour walls and breakwaters below the cliff were deserted.
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Through binoculars I had noted the breakwaters of what appeared to be a small artificial harbour just a mile along the coast.