seaboard

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Recent Examples of seaboard Beaches all along the Eastern seaboard will be plagued by life-threatening rip currents and large swells for much of next week because of Humberto spinning offshore and future Imelda. Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025 Hurricane Erin is moving closer to the Eastern seaboard, bringing dangerous rip currents and flood risks that have prompted evacuation orders and states of emergency in two North Carolina counties. Bill Chappell, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025 Topline Thunderstorms snagged air traffic along the Atlantic seaboard Wednesday, causing the FAA to issue ground stops for airports in the New York and Washington metro areas. Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Beyond that, Erin may be pushed into a turn to the north — but where and when that happens will determine its threat to Florida or other parts of the eastern seaboard. David Schutz, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seaboard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaboard
Noun
  • Filming pine trees on Maine’s seacoast and palmettos off Charleston left us with stark reminders of North America’s botanical diversity as well as its vastness.
    Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • North Korea has opened a splashy resort on its eastern seacoast called Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area, featuring some 400 buildings.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • The Crew-11 astronauts will also have to splashdown off the Florida coast before then.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The weather service's Storm Prediction Center has placed Austin and areas east toward the Texas coast under a level 1 out of 5 risk for isolated severe thunderstorms that could include hail, damaging winds or even a tornado.
    Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The National Park Service also manages nearly 400 other areas designated for their national significance as battlefields, military or historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, monuments, parkways, recreation areas, trails, rivers and preserves.
    Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Named the best restaurant in the Caribbean by Caribbean Journal, this tranquil seaside spot is even open for breakfast, offering menus that marry international cuisine with Caribbean freshness.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
  • That moment came as Friday turned to Saturday, when the skies over Venezuela’s seaside capital cleared.
    Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Explore tranquil marshland trails or relax on white-sand beaches.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • If your annual drive to the beach involves more than a full day on the road, that predictability drops fast.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Associated Press reported that the grim discovery underscores the tactics used by criminal groups competing for control of territory and trafficking routes, especially along the country’s coastline.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But as millions of sun-hungry travelers pack their bags for Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum this winter, remember there are still pockets of secluded paradise to be found and cherished along Mexico’s Caribbean coastline.
    Gemma Price, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The blocks support shoreline reinforcement and flood-resilient infrastructure.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In recent weeks, city officials have ramped up cleaning efforts in the park by having crews pressure wash walkways, disinfect areas where swans gather on the shoreline and remove feeders.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026

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