landwards in the PONS Dictionary

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The fort takes the classic shape of a promontory reinforced and cut off landwards by a large defensive earthwork.
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It extends landwards to the marshy tundra filled with numerous small lakes.
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Heavy anti-aircraft fire raked his plane, and history records that he needed an encouraging boot to propel him landwards.
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She grabs and grasps, bursting skywards, stumbling landwards, holding her daughter flat in her arms, body floppy, head dangling.
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So the islands should be staying the same size, but moving landwards.
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The country's shores are moving inexorably landwards due to erosion and flooding driven by increases in sea level and storm impact along with dwindling coastal sediment supply.
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Look back landwards and you can see one reason why.
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They will experience a so-called coastal squeeze whereby the ecological or geomorphological zones that would normally retreat landwards encounter solid structures and are squeezed out.
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It has two gates, the central one, facing landwards, and the sea gate.
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