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shoreline

[shawr-lahyn, shohr-] / ˈʃɔrˌlaɪn, ˈʃoʊr- /


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Dramatic video footage from Long Beach shows massive waves slamming into the shoreline and splintering the wood on the boardwalk.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

The extreme decline in 2026 revealed debris that had been submerged along the shoreline and caused sediment to cover boat ramps at Elephant Butte Lake State Park.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

“Lake Erie is a shallow lake, which makes it famously unpredictable—storms can whip up 20-foot waves, and shoreline erosion is a very real factor,” Ayers says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

It houses diverse wildlife, according to the Lake Chippewa Flowage Resort Association, such as frogs and salamanders, and - like the rest of the lake and its shoreline - is legally protected by state laws.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

For the next hour, I sit and fill this sheet with palm trees along an imaginary shoreline.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

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

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

People lingering at night along the shorelines of a small, affluent city north of Miami have been startled lately when they look up.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

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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