shallow
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On both sides of the street, the sidewalk rises and falls, uprooted and cracked by shallow roots because over many decades, the trees were not properly maintained.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
This period included major environmental changes such as the breakup of Pangaea, expansion of shallow marine habitats and the early Mesozoic Marine Revolution, all of which likely created new opportunities for species to diversify.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2026
The two entrepreneurs who funded the rescue were delighted the whale had been saved from shallow waters near the island of Poel where it had spent the past 29 days.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Those declines were shallow compared to selloffs earlier in the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
However, scattered throughout the dark depths were shallow areas: sandbars, reefs, islands just under the waves.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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