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shallow

[shal-oh] / ˈʃæl oʊ /




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The unique conditions the process demanded -- pumping saltwater in and out to maintain a shallow depth -- were also the perfect environment for hungry wading birds.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

"This suggests a fairly shallow eruption vent -- much shallower than what's implied by the existing bathymetry, which shows water depths of several hundred meters or more."

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

The simple, shallow lesson is this was just bad campaign strategy.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

This perspective views patriotism more as shallow performance than anything else—a lighthearted distraction from more serious issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

The water was shallow enough that Roz could watch the sun moving across the sky.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

"This suggests a fairly shallow eruption vent -- much shallower than what's implied by the existing bathymetry, which shows water depths of several hundred meters or more."

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

It only makes economic sense in certain places, primarily the western part of the U.S., where hot rock can be found in shallower surfaces.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

For more nimble investors, commodity prices may find longer-term support and experience shallower pullbacks as supply disruptions encourage countries to stockpile strategic materials.

From MarketWatch Mar. 17, 2026

The island's coast is close enough to deep waters, unlike the shallower coast of the mainland.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

Three years later a Croatian seismologist named Andrija Mohorovičić was studying graphs from an earthquake in Zagreb when he noticed a similar odd deflection, but at a shallower level.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

Still, I hope Sandro sticks around for many more weeks for the shallowest reason ever.

From Salon Oct. 1, 2022

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

The shallowest waves lap against mere inches of shore.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

When environmentalists countered with expensive government salmon hatcheries, the bass adapted, hiding in the shallows surrounding the hatcheries, where they are treated to an endless buffet of salmon fingerlings.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

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

From Science Daily Oct. 16, 2025

Jinny rose and leaned over Loo, towered above him in the shallows.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

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

And some distance below the falls, where the water broadened and shallowed, I made out the feather-decked heads of more Indians.

From The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada by Graydon, William Murray

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

Other times, I get too steep with my swing. and I can't get the ball to do what I want, so I work on shallowing my angle of attack.

From Golf Digest Mar. 19, 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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