shallow
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“A determined adversary,” said David Brewster, who researches Indo-Pacific maritime security at Australian National University, “can still cut the cable relatively easily in shallow waters.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
They were all shallow, guy-at-the-end-of-the-bar observations that generally reflected very little knowledge of the complexity of the issues and the potential ramifications.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
The basin gathers into shallow wetlands where movement returns to the landscape.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
"A big portion of popular country music has become kind of shallow, so that is pretty easy to duplicate."
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Then suddenly a man on a horse splashed down the shallow thread of water toward us.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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