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Recent Examples of littoral
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
Advertisement And the littoral Black Sea states—Georgia, Bulgaria, and Romania—are vulnerable to Russian exploitation.
—Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
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
Advertisement And the littoral Black Sea states—Georgia, Bulgaria, and Romania—are vulnerable to Russian exploitation.
—Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for littoral
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The creatures rapidly spread along the interconnected coastal highways of a changing world, colonizing new habitats just as the Age of Dinosaurs began around 252 million years ago.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Yet, the real coastal magic unfolds in Tai O, Lantau's west coast gem.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The rooms With just 22 rooms, 14 of which are suites, Son Xotano is a far (and welcome) cry from the mega resorts that line stretches of Mallorca’s coast.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Scientists and environmental advocates have spent decades trying to reduce the amount of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, which stretches 200 miles along the mid-Atlantic coast and is bordered by Maryland and Virginia.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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As an Offshore Energy report explains, the agreement included the installation, offshore operations, maintenance, and project engineering for the subsea trencher.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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This integration is reducing long-standing friction in offshore collaboration.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Stay at Tensing Pen or Rockhouse Hotel & Spa for the raw beauty of the rocky shoreline, or something more classically Caribbean like Beaches Negril for a family-friendly stay along a white-sand beach.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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Coney Island live cam See blowing snow along the boardwalk and shoreline at Coney Island.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ultimately, this wasn’t an ordinary footprint, but direct evidence that humans were present along the Angus coastline during the late Iron Age, preserving both a physical imprint and an ecological snapshot of the land from two millennia ago.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Another 45-mile stretch is open from Monterey south to just north of the closure, allowing access to much of the Big Sur coastline.—
Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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The flight path for the Crew Dragon Freedom needs to have good weather conditions in case of an abort, and high winds are expected along the eastern seaboard.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 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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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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In fact, your desire to expand your perception of the world, the universe and of your purpose has likely been shifting like the sands of the beach, spinning on the foamy seashore.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Littoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/littoral. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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