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Recent Examples of littoral
Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
The Navy had five small ships — two destroyers and three littoral combat ships — in the waters off Iran as of Tuesday.
—Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
As the map shows, the vessel is among naval assets in the region such as the destroyers USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham, USS Sampson, the cruiser USS Lake Erie and the littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Instead, competing territorial claims among littoral states — particularly China and its Southeast Asian neighbors — combined with the involvement of non-littoral powers such as Japan, South Korea, and the United States, have hindered collective action on piracy.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Workers also will repair the USS Kansas City, one of the 16 high-speed littoral combat ships that are homeported in San Diego.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
The Navy had five small ships — two destroyers and three littoral combat ships — in the waters off Iran as of Tuesday.
—Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
As the map shows, the vessel is among naval assets in the region such as the destroyers USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham, USS Sampson, the cruiser USS Lake Erie and the littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Instead, competing territorial claims among littoral states — particularly China and its Southeast Asian neighbors — combined with the involvement of non-littoral powers such as Japan, South Korea, and the United States, have hindered collective action on piracy.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for littoral
Adjective
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The result lands somewhere between a boutique hotel suite and a private coastal apartment.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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As climate change impacts our world, sea level rise has become a pressing issue for many coastal communities.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Epstein significantly expanded the living spaces, adding a larger pool, new cabanas, a massive sundial and a bizarre temple-like structure overlooking the island’s southwest coast.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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The clash at sea, about a nautical mile off the Cuban coast, resulted in the death of several of the men in the Florida vessel.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Opposition to offshore drilling is something of an article of faith in much of California, and not just along the coast.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Israel has also shut down some offshore natural gas production.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For the most peaceful stretch, head to Opal Beach in Gulf Islands National Seashore, where the shoreline remains undeveloped, and the loudest sound is usually the surf.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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From beaches to bluffs, many believe their section of New York's shoreline is shrinking.—
John Dias,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Right above water in the heart of town, the historic villa unfolds across three levels, each lined with panoramic terraces that capture sweeping 180-degree views of the coastline.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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Climate change may threaten tens of millions more people than previously believed, according to a new study that says previous research used incorrect information about water levels along the world’s coastlines.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Orlando led the way among Florida airports amid the more than 6,000 flights canceled nationwide as heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions slam the northeastern seaboard.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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Southwestern states, the Gulf Coast, and much of the eastern seaboard are expected to be drier than average.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Silvia Marchetti,
CNN,
8 Oct. 2022
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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.—
Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin,
WSJ,
25 Mar. 2022
Noun
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Yet, violence on the pickleball courts happened at a genteel country club in a gated community in Port Orange, Florida, a seashore community of some 66,000 residents along the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the spring break mecca, Daytona Beach.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Although the views of mountains and seashores might inspire a degree of travel envy from viewers stuck at home in the cold winter, I was most engaged by the architectural details of cityscapes from Cofield’s home turf in Brooklyn.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Littoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/littoral. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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