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Recent Examples of firth
After playing one more hole, the twelfth, along the firth, the course makes a turn inland for the duration of the round.
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Mike Fore,
Forbes.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Bleary-eyed coverage that kicks off before sunrise in the States, with gusts off the firth and cut lines that can swallow a top 10 in an hour.
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Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.
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Douglas Stuart,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2020
Wide views across the Solway firth to Scotland provide a handy distraction.
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The Economist,
4 Dec. 2019
Gray and harbor seals are a common sight in this firth, or estuary, where several major rivers meet the North Sea.
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National Geographic,
16 Feb. 2017
Mike Fore,
Forbes.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Bleary-eyed coverage that kicks off before sunrise in the States, with gusts off the firth and cut lines that can swallow a top 10 in an hour.
—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.
—
Douglas Stuart,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2020
Wide views across the Solway firth to Scotland provide a handy distraction.
—
The Economist,
4 Dec. 2019
Gray and harbor seals are a common sight in this firth, or estuary, where several major rivers meet the North Sea.
—
National Geographic,
16 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firth
Noun
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Austria had one good look — a header that just missed — but largely been kept at bay.
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Trim adjustment remains a routine task whether a boat sits on a trailer, approaches a dock, or enters a service bay.
Noun
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In the areas near the mouths of the rivers and the estuary, there is permanent signage with warnings and restrictive cordoning, the police noted.
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Among the dishes is blue crab plucked from the water tableside, then served rillette-style using fat from the restaurant’s estuaries.
Noun
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The sprawling coastal property encompasses roughly 3,700 acres of pastureland, woodlands, lochs, and more than three miles of dramatic shoreline.
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Covering roughly 260 kilometers from Glasgow to the west coast of Scotland, the West Highland Line is one of the most beautiful routes in the world, offering an ever-changing landscape of rugged mountains, mirror-like lochs, and remote moorlands.
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“Firth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firth. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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