shoreline
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It generally covers land below five meters in elevation and within 200 meters of the shoreline.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
As teenagers growing up in the area, they climbed the staircase barefoot, sprinted the hill overlooking the Pacific and stretched their limbs on the shoreline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
He added he believes it broke off from the reservoir's shoreline this summer as water levels rose to a high not seen since 2012.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The company will partner with government agencies on shoreline protection and wildlife conservation, according to Shotwell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
We walk slowly toward the small bridge, edging carefully along the shoreline of the pond.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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Navy had recently chosen Damen “to help it fast-track a new fleet” of a different type of vessel: up to 35 medium-sized ships to move troops and supplies to shorelines.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Perhaps, if the Navy had moved away from large aircraft carriers and more toward small ships that could attack with speed and stealth along shorelines.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Targets: They are designed to protect shorelines and islands from approaching ships and landing craft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Thomas Quarry I sits within the raised coastal formations of the Rabat-Casablanca littoral, an area internationally recognized for its remarkably complete record of Plio-Pleistocene shorelines, dunes, and cave systems.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
A tugboat made its way down the river, causing the water to crash into the rocks along the shorelines.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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