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Recent Examples of littoral
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
In essence these are littoral mansions.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
John M. Mugane,
Quartz,
5 Apr. 2022
Now, in a distracted world, China proudly touts the efficiency of its surveillance state while continuing to build up its military and pursue its ambitious efforts to gain a strategic advantage along the Asian littoral.
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Lewis Libby,
National Review,
6 May 2021
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Adjective
The emerging ability of sea drones to detect and disable sea mines and spot submarines was supposed to be a core feature of Navy littoral combat ships.
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Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
In essence these are littoral mansions.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
Anyone who went to the east African littoral could choose to become Swahili, and many did.
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John M. Mugane,
Quartz,
5 Apr. 2022
Now, in a distracted world, China proudly touts the efficiency of its surveillance state while continuing to build up its military and pursue its ambitious efforts to gain a strategic advantage along the Asian littoral.
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Lewis Libby,
National Review,
6 May 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for littoral
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SpaceX’s record-shattering IPO has minted thousands of new millionaires, unleashing a wave of high-end home shoppers poised to reshape Southern California’s already tight coastal housing markets.
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Dozens of buildings had collapsed in the coastal state, about 25 miles north of the South American country's capital of Caracas.
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The small island nation off the western coast of Africa, which is making its debut on soccer’s grandest stage, already held 2010 champion Spain to a 0-0 draw and then came from behind to get a 2-2 result against Uruguay.
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Many used an alternative route on the southern side of the Strait along the Omani coast.
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Zhang launched the fintech payments company in 2015 in Melbourne, Australia, and found a niche helping global companies pay offshore vendors and employees.
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But authorities and businesses on the island of Crete cautioned against overreacting to the fish’s offshore presence.
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Comstock created one of the largest manufacturing facilities on the shoreline in the early 19th century.
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Search for shells at the shoreline, and you'll be surprised by the amount of perfectly intact, yet tiny whelks, cockles, and olive shells.
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Tourism in Albania has seen a sharp increase in recent years, with people relishing the nation’s vast, undeveloped coastline.
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Tourism in Albania has seen a sharp increase in recent years, with people relishing the nation’s vast, undeveloped coastline.
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These competing priorities continue to collide within the PJM regional grid, which covers a vast swath of the Eastern seaboard from North Carolina through Pennsylvania, extending westward all the way into Illinois.
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Here in the United States, El Niños typically result in wetter, warmer winters for the West Coast and a milder hurricane season for the Atlantic seaboard.
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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.
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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.
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The painting shows a castle atop a giant, floating rock, hanging before a partly cloudy sky over a seashore, and has resided at the museum since 1985.
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Also, seashore rangers will lead shark and seal walks several times each week.
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“Littoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/littoral. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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