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Recent Examples of firthBleary-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
On the seventh floor, which houses 33 private infusion bays with TVs, a woodsy scent filled the air.
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Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Perhaps there’s a haunting to be had in this injustice; perhaps these war dead, with the truth of their deaths hidden and covered up at the time, have left their own ghostly imprint upon the bay, drawing forth further inexplicable sights, sounds, and activity.
The salt marshes and estuaries are a magnet for migratory birds, whose colorful plumage rivals the blaze of bold leaves.
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Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
From open ocean shallows where dolphins surf the waves to quiet estuaries perfect for teaching calves to hunt, Folly offers an ideal year-round playground.
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Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
18 Sep. 2025
Donal, a nightclub owner in Chicago obsessed with the blues, has resisted going back to the land of lochs for reasons that will become only somewhat clear over the course of the run time.
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Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
The crannogs are on Loch Nell, a tranquil inland loch, and some argue they could have been constructed as solar observation sites.
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