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shallow

[shal-oh] / ˈʃæl oʊ /




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The pulse is weak and the breathing shallow, but the Galaxy’s playoff hopes are still alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Acting on clues from local seafarers, Öniz found a shipwreck in shallow waters off Kekova, west of Antalya in Turkey, in 2024.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

South Korea is no stranger to sharks but one this size, in a shallow, concrete canal right by the world's seventh busiest port, was unheard of - until now.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Note the softly creased light lines and shallow drafts along the door panels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The water was shallow enough that her fingers grazed pebbles and sand.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

The shallower the earthquake, the more likely it is to have more severe effects on the surface.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Instead of racing directly to the surface, however, the magma moved upward slowly and then stalled at a much shallower depth of 2 to 5 km.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

That helps explain why a shallower Juan de Fuca slab beneath northern Oregon could increase peak ground shaking in populated areas.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

It’s creating shallower and more fragile relationships and communities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The iceberg then slipped under its hull and lifted it with an irresistible force into shallower water.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Currently, surveys are limited to very restricted spots, but with the help of these advanced underwater drones, scientists can extend their research from the shallowest regions to depths of 60 meters and beyond.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024

The yield curve continued to 'bear steepen' to show its shallowest inversion between two and 10-year yields in more than a year and actually in positive territory between two and 20 years.

From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2023

It’s a shame that, despite a few charming moments that show some depth, the film only offers the shallowest of dips into the ocean that is modern queer culture.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022

But it also validates every critique of these shows and the gamified pursuit of romance or hooking up based purely on image and the shallowest of connections.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2021

The shallowest waves lap against mere inches of shore.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

A span of international waters runs through the strait but perilous shallows mean the navigable channel is a winding route just 7 miles wide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

A few children splashed in the shallows as the surfers paddled out to sea, fighting the crashing waves.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Evie first saw the pale axolotl nestled in the rocks after lifting up a discarded mat in the shallows of the River Ogmore.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

They frequent the shallows surrounding Friday Harbor Labs, the UW research facility located on San Juan Island.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

In places, bizarre rock formations stuck up from the shallows.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

Once again, the sea shallowed, and fish shimmied between crags, sea urchins perched on ridges and starfish danced on the side of the island.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2017

Instead of descending directly into the mantle, the subducting plate shallowed out and moved eastward beneath the continental plate affecting the overlying continent hundreds of miles east of the continental margin and building high mountains.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

That shows I've shallowed the path of my driver from the top to impact.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 7, 2016

“Be a good boy,” my mother said with a shallowed voice before closing the door behind her, leaving us alone.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2013

Immediately below us, the lake seemed deep; but towards the far end, it evidently shallowed, and upon one side of that end grew dense masses of reeds.

From Tales of South Africa by H.A. Bryden

The researchers cite as one example the Bangkok basin in Thailand, where groundwater levels fell in the late-twentieth century before shallowing out in the early 21at Century.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2024

Instead, the fish have been forced to lay their eggs at the base of Shasta Lake in the shallowing Sacramento River.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2022

His short-iron stats are trailing, but that's a result of how well he's shallowing the club into impact.

From Golf Digest ● May 29, 2019

But the shallowing seawater in the Baltic Sea is not the only thing worrying people in the area, says Knutsson.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2017

Trying to collect his wits and courage, Vetch spoke the Revelation-spell, watching between each slow-syllabled word for change or tremor of illusion in this strange drying and shallowing of the abyss of ocean.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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