coast guard
noun
1
: a military or naval force employed in guarding a coast or responsible for the safety, order, and operation of maritime traffic in neighboring waters
2
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Potential use cases include offshore infrastructure inspections, energy operations near oil rigs and wind farms, fishing support missions, search-and-rescue work, coast guard activities, scientific ocean research, port authority operations, and ship-to-ship parcel delivery.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Dozens of other activists were picked up by the Greek coast guard following the Israeli action and taken to the island of Crete.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
After an incident between a Chinese fishing boat and two Japanese coast guard units near the Senkaku Islands, China blocked rare earth exports to Japan for about two months.
—Lorenzo Lamperti, Wired News, 17 Apr. 2026
Chinese officials did not immediately react to the Philippines’ opening of its coast guard district command on Thitu Island, which has been occupied by Filipino forces and civilians for decades but is also claimed by Beijing.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Dozens of other activists were picked up by the Greek coast guard following the Israeli action and taken to the island of Crete.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
After an incident between a Chinese fishing boat and two Japanese coast guard units near the Senkaku Islands, China blocked rare earth exports to Japan for about two months.
—Lorenzo Lamperti, Wired News, 17 Apr. 2026
Chinese officials did not immediately react to the Philippines’ opening of its coast guard district command on Thitu Island, which has been occupied by Filipino forces and civilians for decades but is also claimed by Beijing.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for coast guard
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“Coast guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coast%20guard. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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