shallows

plural of shallow
as in shoal
a place where a body of water (as a sea or river) is shallow we waded through the shallows looking for tadpoles

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Noun
  • China seized effective control over the waters around the shoal in 2012, following a standoff after Philippine forces attempted to arrest Chinese fishermen.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
  • Treasure Island brims with rich history, from its creation from the Bay shoals in 1937 to its dazzling Expo, its wartime past and more.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
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  • Other congressional Democrats on the 2028 list who can legally transfer their funds to a presidential campaign include Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., 35, who had a record-breaking first quarter haul this year and had about $9.8 million in the bank.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The bank itself has announced plans to build a tokenization platform on zkSync, a fast, cost-efficient Ethereum layer two designed to help asset managers issue and manage tokenized funds, stablecoins, and other real-world assets while meeting regulatory and data protection requirements.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Shallows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallows. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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