shoreline

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Recent Examples of shoreline Hike along the 6-mile Sugar Cane Trail, or go for a swim at the sandy beach shoreline. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 11 May 2025 Think wooden boardwalks, ice cream shops, amusement parks, and miles of gorgeous shoreline. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025 Next door, the Brushwood Estate brought another six acres to the party, with 400 feet of shoreline and a private pier. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 May 2025 On Friday, May 9, the celebrity chef, 65, shared a throwback shot of herself smiling against a scenic backdrop of Cape Cod’s shoreline on a sunny day in 2009. Erin Clements, People.com, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shoreline
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Noun
  • The venue had panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and Santa Barbara coastline, an exclusive source reveals to PEOPLE.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 31 May 2025
  • Related Articles These South Florida beaches are new award-winners, touted as some of the best coastlines There’s a new, snorkel-friendly reef off Hollywood South Florida water parks are open!
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Seas are forecast to rise from 8 inches to 23 inches along the nation’s coasts by 2050, with the higher increases along the northern Gulf Coast and mid-Atlantic.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • Most Maya people moved from cities to villages, many along the peninsula’s coast, after there were no more inland cities to try to make a life in.
    Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Two people — Jesus Ivan Rodriguez-Leyva, 36, and Julio Cesar Zuniga-Luna, 30, both Mexican nationals — were arrested on the beach on suspicion of smuggling the passengers on the boat, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
  • But this year, Carmen Echegaray, a candy and soda vendor, is sitting alone at the one snack stand here in a fishing hamlet in Chancay, a small city north of Lima known for its picturesque beaches.
    Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Those observations proved less conclusive than had been hoped, but during the rest of the voyage, Cook was able to map the coastland of New Zealand before sailing west to the southeastern coast of Australia—the first record of Europeans on the continent's Eastern coastline.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
  • 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
Noun
  • Bibi's also rents water sports equipment like kayaks, paddleboards, and snorkeling gear, making its beachfront a great place to spend a day on the water.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
  • The singer's free concert drew over 2 million fans to Rio's iconic beachfront.
    Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • The rehab team examined the turtle and started to clean her up, seashore officials said.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The new Trump budget proposal would reduce money for the nation's national parks, monuments, historic sites, seashores and trails by nearly 25%.
    Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 5 May 2025

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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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