as in shore
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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
coasting along easily in the light traffic
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Recent Examples of coast
Ben Fawkes, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
SpaceX launched another batch of U.S. spy satellites from California's central coast tonight (Jan. 9).
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The Celtics, after coasting through the first half through impressive shot-making, had to clamp down.
—Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
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Noun
One of the factors most often referenced in handicapping teams playing on the opposite coast from their home is the impact on players’ sleep and gameday schedules.
—Ben Fawkes, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
SpaceX launched another batch of U.S. spy satellites from California's central coast tonight (Jan. 9).
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
The bill then coasted through the House of Representatives with unanimous support before landing on the president's desk Tuesday.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The Celtics, after coasting through the first half through impressive shot-making, had to clamp down.
—Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coast
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In reality, the lack of water flowing from hydrants highlights a problem within the city’s emergency infrastructure.Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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But the Biden administration concluded that some data of U.S. users would still flow to China and ByteDance would still be able to exert control over TikTok’s operations in the U.S.Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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Some lines on the globe or on the map might appear arbitrary until when realizes that there are existing points or places or coastlines that anchor them.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Cozy homes and multimillion-dollar beach palaces that once hugged the coastline — all gone.Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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For her recreation, Roan maintained the integrity of the source material, bravely committing to the bit as purple icy sludge sails into view from off camera and splashes her in the face.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Jan. 2025
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Spotting Wildlife in Antarctica Assuming the weather conditions allow the schedule to hold, over the next three days, the ship sails around Antarctic Sound and the waters surrounding King George Island giving passengers a range of activities to explore.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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And a stabilized shoreline gives structure for plant life like mangroves and marsh grass to grow.Kathryn Varn, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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This wasn’t a conventional holiday house; the compact stone structure consisted only of a small kitchen, dining room, seating area, and, crucially, a shoreline boat launch.Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2025
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Its parts have been wearing down, its oil has been running low, its ignition timing has drifted, its catalytic converters have clogged.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
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The band of seaweed annually stretches across the Atlantic, peaking in summer, and drifts west, often piling up on islands in the Caribbean, or continuing into the Gulf of Mexico.Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
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See the wild horses or just spend time on the beach with the family.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, by 2040, up to 42 percent of beaches may have salinity issues in their drinking water.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Fly the Drake Passage is starting in January from National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions, the union of the famous exploration brand and a pioneer in expedition cruising whose founder Lars-Eric Lindblad led the first civilian expedition to the continent in 1966.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Overall the vessel reduces CO2 emissions by 40 percent over a year of average use, both when cruising and at anchor, compared to a traditional flybridge boat of similar dimensions.Sofia Celeste, WWD, 31 Dec. 2024
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Those observations proved less conclusive than had been hoped, but during the rest of the voyage, Cook was able to map the coastland of New Zealand before sailing west to the southeastern coast of Australia—the first record of Europeans on the continent's Eastern coastline.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
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Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
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“Coast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coast. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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