shoreline

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Recent Examples of shoreline Elsewhere in the Golden State: Low-income, Latino desert dwellers sick of inhaling harmful dust from the Salton Sea’s drying lake bed want to see state officials turn a shoreline park into a truly vibrant green space. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024 And far, far above the waves, skydivers soar over lush terrain as the Indian Ocean glimmers ahead, offering rare shoreline landings on white sands. Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024 That means shoreline cities like Buffalo risk getting hit especially hard. Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2024 The sheriff's office also issued an evacuation order Monday afternoon for oceanfront residents along an approximately 3-mile stretch of shoreline just south of Santa Cruz, citing large swells and high tides. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shoreline 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoreline
Noun
  • The legend was himself, a Maui resident who owned 25 acres on the island's Southeastern shore for three decades.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The tower is set along the shores of Walt Disney World’s Seven Seas Lagoon and offers great views of the Magic Kingdom.
    Megan duBois, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The issue will likely explode after the third season of The White Lotus airs (Sicily's tourism soared by 50% after season two was set on its Italian coastline).
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The oil spill has impacted at least 60 kilometers of coastline, Greenpeace Ukraine said Tuesday.
    Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Winter In The Outer Banks Draws The Eyes To The Skies For Incredible Stargazing A string of islands off the coast of North Carolina is the perfect place to escape artificial lights and find the natural ones, including meteor showers, shooting stars, and twinkling constellations.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The island is off the northwest coast of Michigan's lower peninsula.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Then there are those who just want to sit on a beach, have a long lunch with a glass of wine, and read a good book.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For more insider tips on Southern California’s beaches, trails and parks, check out past editions of The Wild.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 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
  • Faena Hotel Miami Beach In the heart of Mid-Beach and boasting some of the widest and most pristine beachfront Miami has to offer, Faena Hotel Miami Beach can best be described as maximalism and then some.
    Shivani Vora, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
  • However, with water sports on the beachfront, a kids club, exquisite dining options, and the intimate overwater Sundara Spa, there are plenty of ways to enjoy.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Lobos State Natural Reserve, a heavenly stretch of seashore between Carmel-by-the-Sea and Big Sur.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024

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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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