shoreline
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In 2010, they reportedly spent $28 million to extensively renovate the estate, which boasts 310 feet of private shoreline and a private boathouse.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Large stretches of the island's shoreline appear affected and "additional oil slicks extend far out to sea, further polluting and damaging this protected marine ecosystem", Noelle said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The nonprofit has long maintained that the land — reportedly the last undeveloped sliver of Big Bear Lake’s shoreline — represents critical foraging habitat for the eagles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
They were there when the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill blackened beaches, turned the shoreline into a wildlife graveyard, and galvanized grassroots defense of the coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Just a narrow sandy stretch of shoreline, a few piles sunk in the river with rough planking for a platform.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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Perhaps, if the Navy had moved away from large aircraft carriers and more toward small ships that could attack with speed and stealth along shorelines.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The sun hangs in the middle of the sky as I drive toward one of the most rapidly changing shorelines in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
By examining PCF debris collected from shorelines across Japan, they found that very little fertilizer plastic returns to land through rivers.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
People lingering at night along the shorelines of a small, affluent city north of Miami have been startled lately when they look up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
A tugboat made its way down the river, causing the water to crash into the rocks along the shorelines.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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