onshore
Example Sentences
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It crossed his mind, he said, that perhaps the craft could be lifted onshore and integrated into a local playground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
“An offshore field with 15 to 20 wells might produce 150,000 barrels a day,” Robotti said, while estimating that an onshore well might produce “a thousand barrels a day if you are lucky.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
"When conditions are right, particularly after periods of persistent onshore winds, thousands can be washed up along our shores," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
At the Vidin-Calafat bridge connecting Bulgaria and Romania across the Danube, Bulgarian fishermen complained of being out of work because the low water levels had trapped their boats onshore.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Warm as it was onshore, a moderately stiff north breeze had sprung up out in midlake, and they would be rowing directly into it.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
