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Recent Examples of shallows
Nihi has 25 of Sumba’s beloved sandalwood horses, released from their stable once a day to run free through the shallows, stopping to roll around in the sand and nip at each other.
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Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 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
Kayak through tranquil mangrove forests, where herons and egrets wade in the shallows.
—Uncruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 3 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
Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 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
Kayak through tranquil mangrove forests, where herons and egrets wade in the shallows.
—Uncruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 3 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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Analysts have said Beijing’s plan to categorize the shoal as a nature reserve amounts to trying to take the moral high ground in the dispute over the atoll, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Sep. 2025
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The shoals attract diving gannets and orcas.—
David Greig
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On the banks Following the discovery of a handful of bad loans from banks, Wall Street has been on the hunt for any other signs of risk in the sector.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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The framework for permissible banking hinges on a 2014 guidance document from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which outlines eight federal enforcement priorities that banks must help uphold.—
Peter Su,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Shallows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallows. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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