seaboard

Example Sentences

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Early last week, Iran’s women’s soccer team stood on a field on Australia’s Gold Coast, a city on the country’s eastern seaboard, ready to play the first game in an international tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

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

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

We knew in advance that some of the strongest winds in the UK and Ireland would be felt on the western seaboard.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

It is hard to imagine now how little known, how full of possibility, the world beyond the eastern seaboard once was.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson