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Recent Examples of coastland
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.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
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
Reparations have been a periodic topic of debate since the waning days of the Civil War, when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman promised 40 acres and a mule to formerly enslaved families in a swath of confiscated Southern coastland.
—Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland and could bring torrential rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
—Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland which could dump torrential amounts of rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
—Fox News, 13 Sep. 2021
The verdant coastland and marshes teem with wildlife and fish, but every 100 minutes, land roughly the size of a football field vanishes under water.
—Anne McClintock, Teen Vogue, 11 Feb. 2020
The commission, which oversees development on about 1,100 miles of coastland, says its mission is to preserve the state’s movie-scene beaches for future use by all residents.
—Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2019
Glacier Bay covers a wild variety of terrains including ocean water, glaciers, mountains, temperate rainforests, rocky coastlands, and fjords.
—James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2019
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
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
Reparations have been a periodic topic of debate since the waning days of the Civil War, when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman promised 40 acres and a mule to formerly enslaved families in a swath of confiscated Southern coastland.
—Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland and could bring torrential rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
—Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland which could dump torrential amounts of rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
—Fox News, 13 Sep. 2021
The verdant coastland and marshes teem with wildlife and fish, but every 100 minutes, land roughly the size of a football field vanishes under water.
—Anne McClintock, Teen Vogue, 11 Feb. 2020
The commission, which oversees development on about 1,100 miles of coastland, says its mission is to preserve the state’s movie-scene beaches for future use by all residents.
—Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2019
Glacier Bay covers a wild variety of terrains including ocean water, glaciers, mountains, temperate rainforests, rocky coastlands, and fjords.
—James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coastland
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Claridge’s Flowers has created a bespoke Hotel Il Pellicano bouquet that aims to conjure the feeling of the Tuscan coast with seasonal flowers wrapped in the yellow and white striped paper, recalling the hotel’s colors.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
17 Feb. 2025
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Nevada takes a crack at it Record high egg prices prompted Nevada lawmakers to unanimously back suspending their cage-free egg law Denver Public Schools sues Trump administration to block immigration raids at schools A Navy jet crashed off the coast of San Diego.—
The Denver Post,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Trump's plan, articulated without consultation with Jordan or Egypt, would involve the U.S. taking over Gaza, a small Palestinian territory with a Mediterranean coastline.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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Many of the Florida bites were likely from blacktip sharks, which occupy breeding grounds that stretch along the northeast Florida coastline, the Florida Museum of Natural History noted in the statement.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Star Harbor Apartments, located along the Alameda shoreline, has been bought for $153.7 million, according to documents filed on Feb. 5 with the Alameda County Recorder’s Office.—
George Avalos,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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With warm waters and ample shoreline, Florida had a total of 14 bites, more than any other state.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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There is a moderate risk of rip currents at all area beaches.—
Garfield Hylton,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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In her free time, Rose likes to spend time at the beach, explore new places, and hit the town for a fun night out.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
10 Feb. 2025
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Places like Vancouver, Seattle and the Eastern seaboard had about a 25% chance each year of being disrupted by re-entry of space debris, the paper found.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Eastern seaboard as well as places like Latin America, Asia and Europe.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Coastland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastland. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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