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Recent Examples of shoreline The home is perched on a 70-foot-high bluff that is protected by a rock revetment to protect the shoreline from coastal erosion. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024 Jonathan Leijonhufvud View 8 Images Reaching a height of 50 m (164 ft) in Yantai, eastern China, the Sun Tower, by OPEN Architecture, cuts a remarkable figure on the shoreline. Adam Williams, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024 Gaze at crystal-clear blue waters, bright shorelines, scores of boats and ships and enticing smiles of passengers afloat. Laura Manske, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Sometimes, the bodies were fastened to the boats and paddled to an opening in the shoreline. Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shoreline 
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Noun
  • Panama offers two long coasts—one with crashing Pacific waves and the other with crystal-blue Caribbean waters—with countless islands on both sides of its shores.
    Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Mather explained that historical eruptions have even led to harmful gases reaching Europe's shores, but that the scale of these events is far below that threshold for now.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Vlorë, Albania Albania is a digital nomad’s playground—where stunning coastlines meet mountain escapes, all while the cost of living is a fraction of most global cities.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Eco-friendly road trips to the Ningaloo Reef, which stretches along the coastline for a whopping 162 miles, are now easier thanks to the new Queensland Electric Super Highway.
    Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The plant is overwhelmed by Tijuana sewage and dumps millions of gallons of untreated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, creating an ongoing environmental justice crisis along the South County coast.
    Andrew Keatts, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The tablet was first discovered in 1913 near Israel's southern coast during railway construction.
    Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • And there’s a reason so many travelers like to end their safari adventures with a sojourn on the sand: Bush and beach have been a pairing for the ages.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2024
  • With wide beaches at the shore and scrublands inland, the largest colony of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) are found here—there are around 400,000 breeding adults.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The couple were on their way to their luxury beachfront wedding venue, Villa La Joya, in Playa Del Carmen.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Now the owner, an LLC records show is tied to Miami real estate investor Sam Herzberg, is optimistically looking to double its money, tossing the three-story beachfront residence back on the market with a hefty $42 million price tag.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Team Rhaenyra Rhaenyra is on a seashore with Syrax opposite Seasmoke and that dragon’s new rider, Addam of Hull.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • Where are the national parks located? All 50 states are home to other National Park Service units, like national battlefields and seashores, which are sometimes called parks.
    Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024

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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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