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Recent Examples of firth Bleary-eyed coverage that kicks off before sunrise in the States, with gusts off the firth and cut lines that can swallow a top 10 in an hour. Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 9 July 2025 On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth. Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020 Wide views across the Solway firth to Scotland provide a handy distraction. The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019 Gray and harbor seals are a common sight in this firth, or estuary, where several major rivers meet the North Sea. National Geographic, 16 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firth
Noun
  • The hounds quickly brought a sow to bay and got good, sensible holds on her ears.
    Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
  • New aerial drones At the center of the aerial display was the GJ-11 stealth drone, a tailless flying wing design with internal weapons bays.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Coastal estuaries are the scene of intense daily dramas of survival, featuring a cast of hundreds of species, and much of it is microscopic and underwater.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Croatan spans 160,000 acres and includes pine forests, saltwater estuaries, bogs, and raised swamps.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The crannogs are on Loch Nell, a tranquil inland loch, and some argue they could have been constructed as solar observation sites.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Likewise, while the castle at Balmoral has been valued at $80 million, the Times includes the surround estate — including vast lochs, mountains and moores — at around $278 million.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 16 May 2025

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“Firth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firth. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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