seaboard

Example Sentences

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The "Black Summer" bushfires raged across Australia's eastern seaboard from late 2019 to early 2020, razing swathes of forest, destroying thousands of homes and blanketing cities in noxious smoke.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

If the merger happens, Union Pacific says it could build more trains specifically for destinations on the Eastern seaboard, reducing the need for railcars to be decoupled at a busy interchange.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

They are frequently found in regions around the Mediterranean, as well as across continental Europe and along the Atlantic seaboard.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

Eventually, the U.S. surrenders after a German nuclear attack; and America is occupied by Nazi Germany along the eastern seaboard and Japan on the West Coast, with a pseudo-independent Vichy regime in the Rockies.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

There ought to be a suture, a layer of scar tissue, stretching up the eastern seaboard of the United States.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson