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Recent Examples of shallows
The aquatic plant once lined the shallows off the bay’s shoreline from Sausalito’s Spinnaker restaurant north to the Strawberry Peninsula point — the second largest bed in San Francisco Bay.
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Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Kayak through tranquil mangrove forests, where herons and egrets wade in the shallows.
—Uncruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
The next year on the housewives’ Florida trip, though, Gina got so wound up by the thought of sharks and whales lurking in the shallows that when a l’il sharky actually showed up she was reduced to a shaking, crying mess.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Dusted with crushed coral and powdered shells, the beaches of Los Roques—scattered like pearls across Venezuela’s Caribbean coast—offer sheets of talcum-white sand that dissolve into aquamarine shallows.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Marina was rising from the shallows.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
While sailing on the luxurious phinisi charter Vela, the captain dropped anchor near Padar Island (home to a fabulous 40-minute climb to the top for sensational 360-degree panoramas) and then ferried a few of us to Padar Kecil beside it, letting us off in crystalline shallows the color of topaz.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Kayak through tranquil mangrove forests, where herons and egrets wade in the shallows.
—Uncruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
The next year on the housewives’ Florida trip, though, Gina got so wound up by the thought of sharks and whales lurking in the shallows that when a l’il sharky actually showed up she was reduced to a shaking, crying mess.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Dusted with crushed coral and powdered shells, the beaches of Los Roques—scattered like pearls across Venezuela’s Caribbean coast—offer sheets of talcum-white sand that dissolve into aquamarine shallows.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Marina was rising from the shallows.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
While sailing on the luxurious phinisi charter Vela, the captain dropped anchor near Padar Island (home to a fabulous 40-minute climb to the top for sensational 360-degree panoramas) and then ferried a few of us to Padar Kecil beside it, letting us off in crystalline shallows the color of topaz.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shallows
Noun
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Analysts have said Beijing’s plan to categorize the shoal as a nature reserve amounts to trying to take the moral high ground in the dispute over the atoll, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Sep. 2025
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The shoals attract diving gannets and orcas.—
David Greig
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Top banks JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs sent similar messages to employees on H-1B visas, according to the Financial Times.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2025
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Southwest's new mobility device rule follows new rules on flying with power banks, portable chargers and cordless curling irons.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Shallows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallows. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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