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coastal

adjective as in bordering the water

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Hundreds of protesters again marched through the large southern coastal city of Toliara on Thursday, reports said.

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Footage taken by Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera depicted tanks shelling Gaza’s main coastal road to prevent Palestinians from gathering in the area.

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Foreign trade was made punishable by death, and soon even coastal trade was banned.

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Though these worker visas fill only a tiny portion of the U.S. workforce, they include high-value jobs concentrated among some of the biggest technology companies in some of the wealthiest coastal states.

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"I keep hoping for a better Cameroon where young people can find work," Boris, a computer engineer in the coastal city of Buea, told AFP.

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