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Recent Examples of firth For their firth album, McCaughey and Buck went to Chicago and recorded with Wilco as their backing ensemble. Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 June 2024 On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth. Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020 Wide views across the Solway firth to Scotland provide a handy distraction. The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019 Gray and harbor seals are a common sight in this firth, or estuary, where several major rivers meet the North Sea. National Geographic, 16 Feb. 2017
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Noun
  • The Rooms: There are six bedrooms, including two primary suites on opposing sides of the villa, each with balconies, outdoor showers, and soaking tubs overlooking the bay.
    Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Once at the end of bay, kayakers can turn off their lights to watch the shooting stars above and the bioluminescent plankton that glitter when the water is disturbed below.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In the heart of coastal Orange County, Newport Harbor is the largest recreational harbor on the West Coast, with plentiful opportunities for sailing around the islands of the complex as well as paddling in the quieter estuaries of Back Bay.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 12 July 2024
  • With the first fragment, Evaristo’s poem somehow takes us to estuaries as metaphor for spaces of encounter, spaces of survival, spaces wherein humanity could learn a lot.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Wading into an icy loch for a brisk swim and burst of adrenaline.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The film features local fisherman, Mylo, who claims to have been attacked by the creature, and who runs a Loch Ness Monster tourist show on the banks of the loch.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024

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“Firth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firth. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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