shallower

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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

It currently takes some companies about 25 days to drill a well in a deep, promising Permian formation known as the Barnett Shale, compared with about five to seven days in shallower rock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Valaris operated a more diversified fleet, including jackup rigs used in shallower waters, providing steadier contract coverage and more predictable earnings.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

He’d been swept out to Commercial Street, where the river of molasses became shallower and shallower.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis