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shoreline

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


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Officials have built a cordon around the clutch of eggs, which lie between the shoreline and the boardwalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Low-lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure will be inundated. Some shoreline erosion will occur in the morning hours.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

When asked what percentage recovery rate would be considered a success, the bodies said they would measure success via various metrics including shoreline surveys.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Our solution was to use one of the Kariba houseboats as a mobile hotel and laboratory, so that we could prospect the shoreline.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

How could he have known that just a century before the shoreline had been thickly settled and the deer much more scarce?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Other findings suggest a lifestyle closer to that of a modern heron, with Spinosaurus walking and searching for food along shorelines and in shallow water.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

The sun hangs in the middle of the sky as I drive toward one of the most rapidly changing shorelines in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 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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