shoals

Example Sentences

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So after a rewrite, Mary Richards launches her best life from the shoals of a broken engagement instead.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

“It’s clear that he has navigated the fraught shoals of the bureaucratic politics of the administration effectively. He hasn’t ticked off anybody who matters, and that’s a lot by itself.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

And for decades, every attempt to create legal access has foundered on the rocky shoals of property rights and lumbering bureaucracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

At first, Carter thought he could navigate the shoals of their contradictory advice.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2024

‘Paddle! Or we shall be driven on the shoals.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien