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coastal

[kohs-tl] / ˈkoʊs tl /
ADJECTIVE
bordering the water
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On Tuesday, Rubio met with de la Espriella at a military compound that the Colombian president has turned into a presidential headquarters in the Caribbean coastal city of Barranquilla.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

French government agencies and the University of Montpellier have defined a coastal evacuation zone using elevation, distance from the sea, and historical information.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

More than 90 percent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed by the oceans, sparing land from warming but at severe cost to marine life, reefs and coastal communities.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Another day of brutal heat and energy-sapping humidity is in store for Southern California, continuing what has been a remarkably muggy summer that’s brought wildfires, coastal erosion and death.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

The Olmec heardand was the coastal forests of Veracruz.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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