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coast

noun as in border by water

verb as in glide along without much effort

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More than 80% of the population lives on the coast, so an early morning swim or surf is standard for thousands of people every day.

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Soon after the end of the trial she retreated to Île de Ré, a small island off France's Atlantic coast.

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US forces have killed four people in an attack on a boat off the coast of Venezuela that was allegedly trafficking drugs, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says.

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The Met Office has issued a number of weather warnings for northern parts of the UK from Friday afternoon, with particularly dangerous conditions expected near coasts.

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The earthquake shook the northern coast of Cebu, one of the country's most populous islands, on the night of 30 September, jolting many out of their sleep.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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