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Recent Examples of shoreline
At the time, scientists were unable to ascertain how the balls of debris ended up in the waters around the Australian shoreline.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
But to the north, at Martin’s property, which sits on a quiet piece of Brickell Avenue between the causeway and Vizcaya Museum and Gardens that’s lined with multi-million-dollar estates, the bluff runs just above the Biscayne Bay shoreline.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
The hike up to the cross is difficult and swampy, with Tompkins and her team stepping between tufts of grass, while the glassy water along the shoreline laps quietly at the stony beach below.
—John Bartlett, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
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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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
But to the north, at Martin’s property, which sits on a quiet piece of Brickell Avenue between the causeway and Vizcaya Museum and Gardens that’s lined with multi-million-dollar estates, the bluff runs just above the Biscayne Bay shoreline.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
The hike up to the cross is difficult and swampy, with Tompkins and her team stepping between tufts of grass, while the glassy water along the shoreline laps quietly at the stony beach below.
—John Bartlett, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoreline
Noun
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Singers and scribes have waxed poetic for decades about the best beaches in California, in love with the wild coastlines, endless sky, and ever-present sunshine.—
Katie Kiefner,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2025
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The recent rainfall and increased debris from fire zones have prompted Los Angeles County public health officials to issue an advisory and close several miles of coastline from Malibu to Playa del Rey.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Farming under the waves On the other side of the country, on a chilly November morning off the coast of Maine, a new kind of farmer tends to their crop.—
Heide Brandes,
thehustle.co,
24 Jan. 2025
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See it Researchers off the coast of western Australia observed a new behavior in whale sharks, the largest fish in the world, during a research expedition.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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In the sweet photos, the couple was seen posing on a beach, sitting together on a lounge chair.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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All three share the same beach, which felt uncrowded and well maintained.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Jan. 2025
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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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But, as great as all that is, the private staircase that zigzags down the cliff to Big Dume’s sandy beachfront is the icing on this cake.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
8 Jan. 2025
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Certain areas in the campgrounds are prone to storm impact, including the beachfront and the creek.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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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But anyone who chooses to live in the fire plain — as with a flood plain or seashore — must accept a certain small risk of, well, nature being natural.—
Josh Schlossberg,
The Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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