Intracoastal Waterway
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He works many days from a patio table overlooking Miami’s Intracoastal Waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
The Palm Beach Gardens Police Department asked the public to avoid an area east of the Intracoastal Waterway “due to storm damage” and because roads were blocked.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2023
Shell Pipeline Co's Zydeco oil pipeline was shut on April 25 after a limited release of crude oil was detected in the Intracoastal Waterway, east of the Sabine River, a company spokesperson said on Thursday.
From Reuters • Apr. 28, 2023
About 60 percent of U.S. corn and soybean exports move down the Mississippi, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio and Tennessee rivers, according to the U.S.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022
During the last week of January the locks on the Intracoastal Waterway were closed to exclude the toxic waters from Matagorda Bay and divert them into the Gulf of Mexico.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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