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shoreline

noun as in coast

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The Sheriff’s Office said Hu entered the water after his daughter was “swept off the shoreline by waves estimated to be 15-20 feet high.”

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Exactly how tall the wave becomes, and how fast it is going when it hits land, depends on the shape of the ocean floor and of the shoreline it is approaching.

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However, as they glided above the shoreline, they saw that their problems weren’t quite over.

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The advisory spans from Sonoma County to Monterey County and includes San Francisco’s shoreline.

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In shoreline tours, guides impress on visitors just how much higher the lake should be.

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

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