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Recent Examples of littoral
Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
It is specialized in amphibious and littoral warfare operations, as well as having the capability of disrupting the enemy in a contested littoral environment.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
John M. Mugane, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2022
Now, in a distracted world, China proudly touts the efficiency of its surveillance state while continuing to build up its military and pursue its ambitious efforts to gain a strategic advantage along the Asian littoral.
—Lewis Libby, National Review, 6 May 2021
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Adjective
The northern flank is a maritime and littoral theater of NATO, where Russia deploys its most potent capabilities next to it.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
It is specialized in amphibious and littoral warfare operations, as well as having the capability of disrupting the enemy in a contested littoral environment.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
Anyone who went to the east African littoral could choose to become Swahili, and many did.
—John M. Mugane, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2022
Now, in a distracted world, China proudly touts the efficiency of its surveillance state while continuing to build up its military and pursue its ambitious efforts to gain a strategic advantage along the Asian littoral.
—Lewis Libby, National Review, 6 May 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for littoral
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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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At a compact difference outside Montevideo are 1,000 kilometers of coast, a broad gamut of beaches, desert dunes and extensive rural landscapes.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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An offshore barrier reef helps keep the beach's water gentle and calm and also makes for an exciting snorkeling spot. 6.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Spanish government claimed Shakira had used an offshore company to evade paying the money.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
16 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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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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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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His pictures of graveyards, seashores, shipwrecks, and mountain vistas force us to ponder our place in the universe.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Out of the 85 miles, half of it is a protected seashore.—
Michelle Baran,
AFAR Media,
7 Jan. 2025
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The film, which is an adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s novel, centers on 18-year-old Cécile (Lily McInerny) who is enjoying the French seaside with her father, Raymond (Claes Bang) and his lover Elsa (Naïlia Harzoune).—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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Pop down to Ensenada for a seaside escape, a little nightlife, and more fantastic restaurants.—
Travel + Leisure Staff,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Littoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/littoral. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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