: the shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea
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The Odesa port and two others on the nearby seacoast have been a particular target of Russian wrath for the last eight months, since Ukraine managed to open a coast-hugging 350-mile Black Sea grain corridor to the Bosporus strait.
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Shikoku presents another Japan of pristine landscapes, pilgrimage temples, fishing villages, rugged seacoasts, forested hills and country kindness.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Mike McCormack lives in Galway, Ireland, on a seacoast facing the Atlantic with rocky, unforgiving cliffs that give way to thin, hardpan soil.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
The failure of that withdrawal to secure any sort of lasting peace agreement has left Gaza a kind of orphan, largely cut off from other Palestinians in the West Bank and almost entirely isolated by both Israel and Egypt, which control Gaza’s borders and its seacoast.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Shikoku presents another Japan of pristine landscapes, pilgrimage temples, fishing villages, rugged seacoasts, forested hills and country kindness.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Mike McCormack lives in Galway, Ireland, on a seacoast facing the Atlantic with rocky, unforgiving cliffs that give way to thin, hardpan soil.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
The failure of that withdrawal to secure any sort of lasting peace agreement has left Gaza a kind of orphan, largely cut off from other Palestinians in the West Bank and almost entirely isolated by both Israel and Egypt, which control Gaza’s borders and its seacoast.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
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“Seacoast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seacoast. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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seacoast
noun
sea·coast
ˈsē-ˌkōst 
: the shore of the sea
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