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Recent Examples of shallows
The weather is warm but not sweltering, hovering in the high 70s with little rain—perfect for snorkeling among the coral reefs of Andros, kayaking through the Exumas’ turquoise shallows, or simply sinking into a hammock with a book and beer in hand.
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
Saddling up with Santa Ynez Valley Horseback Rides means getting up close and personal with the Santa Ynez River, with up to four water crossings, as the horses step sure-footed through the shallows.
—Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Weather and tides play a role, too; strand feeding is most often seen during low to mid-tide, when the shallows make hunting easier.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
The aquatic plant once lined the shallows off the bay’s shoreline from Sausalito’s Spinnaker restaurant north to the Strawberry Peninsula point — the second largest bed in San Francisco Bay.
—Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The next year on the housewives’ Florida trip, though, Gina got so wound up by the thought of sharks and whales lurking in the shallows that when a l’il sharky actually showed up she was reduced to a shaking, crying mess.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Dusted with crushed coral and powdered shells, the beaches of Los Roques—scattered like pearls across Venezuela’s Caribbean coast—offer sheets of talcum-white sand that dissolve into aquamarine shallows.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Marina was rising from the shallows.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
Saddling up with Santa Ynez Valley Horseback Rides means getting up close and personal with the Santa Ynez River, with up to four water crossings, as the horses step sure-footed through the shallows.
—Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Weather and tides play a role, too; strand feeding is most often seen during low to mid-tide, when the shallows make hunting easier.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
The aquatic plant once lined the shallows off the bay’s shoreline from Sausalito’s Spinnaker restaurant north to the Strawberry Peninsula point — the second largest bed in San Francisco Bay.
—Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The next year on the housewives’ Florida trip, though, Gina got so wound up by the thought of sharks and whales lurking in the shallows that when a l’il sharky actually showed up she was reduced to a shaking, crying mess.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Dusted with crushed coral and powdered shells, the beaches of Los Roques—scattered like pearls across Venezuela’s Caribbean coast—offer sheets of talcum-white sand that dissolve into aquamarine shallows.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Marina was rising from the shallows.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shallows
Noun
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Theories range from the Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The debris appears as a large cloud of dirty water seen beyond the shoals off Montego Bay.—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Are banks open on Veterans Day?—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Nov. 2025
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However, bank ATMs and digital banking features will typically still be available.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Shallows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallows. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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