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On Friday afternoon, the Folsom Lake shoreline was busy with people walking, relaxing, and enjoying the cool but comfortable weather.
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Conor McGill, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
This resort town is often lauded for its world-class golf and accommodations, but its 12 miles of uninterrupted shoreline, and the quiet oak- and magnolia-lined streets that surround them, are every bit as magical.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
If the turtle recovers, she will be released back into the Gulf — the same waters she was pulled from along the Galveston shoreline.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
The Lake County portion hugs the shoreline south to Lake Cook Road and continues west to the eastern part of Buffalo Grove.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Conor McGill, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
This resort town is often lauded for its world-class golf and accommodations, but its 12 miles of uninterrupted shoreline, and the quiet oak- and magnolia-lined streets that surround them, are every bit as magical.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
If the turtle recovers, she will be released back into the Gulf — the same waters she was pulled from along the Galveston shoreline.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
The Lake County portion hugs the shoreline south to Lake Cook Road and continues west to the eastern part of Buffalo Grove.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoreline
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Some forecast models suggest winds of 90–100 mph about 3,000 feet above the surface, particularly near the southeast New England coastline.—
Jacob Wycoff,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Beyond Bahía del Águila, Cape Froward will likely remain a playground only for intrepid backpackers—those capable of wild camping, carrying heavy loads, and navigating the tide charts needed to cross narrow coastlines and three broad rivers.—
Mark Johanson,
Outside,
14 Mar. 2026
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In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Epstein significantly expanded the living spaces, adding a larger pool, new cabanas, a massive sundial and a bizarre temple-like structure overlooking the island’s southwest coast.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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The clash at sea, about a nautical mile off the Cuban coast, resulted in the death of several of the men in the Florida vessel.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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This quiet corner of the island is laced with pink-sand beaches and impossibly calm, glowing blue waters.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles County public health officials issued a bacteria warning at several beaches as a potentially record-breaking heat wave arrives in Southern California.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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Take your pick between a stay in a modern condo or a nostalgic beachfront cottage.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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During his brief time working on the $57 million beachfront mansion, Saxon claims he was severely injured.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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Yet, violence on the pickleball courts happened at a genteel country club in a gated community in Port Orange, Florida, a seashore community of some 66,000 residents along the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the spring break mecca, Daytona Beach.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Although the views of mountains and seashores might inspire a degree of travel envy from viewers stuck at home in the cold winter, I was most engaged by the architectural details of cityscapes from Cofield’s home turf in Brooklyn.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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