shoreline

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Recent Examples of shoreline However, based on the information presented, members of the shoreline preservation group said that appears to be impractical. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025 In one shot, the University of Michigan alum looked into the camera by the bow of the boat, backdropped by sparkling blue water and a shoreline packed with trees. Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025 Ruta de las Flores, El Salvador Tourism in El Salvador is rapidly growing, with tourism initiatives like its 2019 branding of Surf City that advertised its shoreline as a world-class surf destination. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 The Lopez-Martins’ new digs stretch across 225 feet of pristine shoreline, open views over the water, and plenty of space to park the yacht. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shoreline
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Noun
  • There is nothing quite like the view from Monterey Bay—jagged coastline and evergreens framing a strip of blue.
    Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Chilean Patagonia has more than 60,000 miles of coastline, more than 40,000 islands, and more than 200,000 acres of glaciers—much of which is only accessible by boat or helicopter.
    Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Soviet satellite controllers used the radio telescope, near the city of Yevpatoria on the Black Sea coast, to communicate with several missions of the Venus exploration program Venera in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Their parents may feed them for up to eight months, even as the family migrates together, some flying all the way from the eastern United States to South America’s Pacific coast.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both of these markets are on the beach, a factor which further brings up prices amid already high demand from buyers.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The mountainous Crimea used to be a popular holiday destination in the former USSR, known for its sunny climate and sandy beaches.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.
    Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Reparations have been a periodic topic of debate since the waning days of the Civil War, when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman promised 40 acres and a mule to formerly enslaved families in a swath of confiscated Southern coastland.
    Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • Now, Mexico’s trendsetting ‘micro’ hotels range from cliffside villas and beachfront bungalows to desert escapes designed around some of the country’s best food and drink.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Small, but mighty, there are plenty of amazing places to stay on the island like the all-inclusive Resorts World Bimini, a 750-acre beachfront resort featuring 305 rooms, two pools, 10 restaurants, cafes, and bars, and a 10,000-square-foot casino.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The National Park Service also manages nearly 400 other areas designated for their national significance as battlefields, military or historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, monuments, parkways, recreation areas, trails, rivers and preserves.
    Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Being a seashore town, Santander gets its pick of fresh seafood.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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