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Recent Examples of shoreline
On Friday afternoon, the Folsom Lake shoreline was busy with people walking, relaxing, and enjoying the cool but comfortable weather.
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Conor McGill, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
This resort town is often lauded for its world-class golf and accommodations, but its 12 miles of uninterrupted shoreline, and the quiet oak- and magnolia-lined streets that surround them, are every bit as magical.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
If the turtle recovers, she will be released back into the Gulf — the same waters she was pulled from along the Galveston shoreline.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
The Lake County portion hugs the shoreline south to Lake Cook Road and continues west to the eastern part of Buffalo Grove.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Conor McGill, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
This resort town is often lauded for its world-class golf and accommodations, but its 12 miles of uninterrupted shoreline, and the quiet oak- and magnolia-lined streets that surround them, are every bit as magical.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
If the turtle recovers, she will be released back into the Gulf — the same waters she was pulled from along the Galveston shoreline.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
The Lake County portion hugs the shoreline south to Lake Cook Road and continues west to the eastern part of Buffalo Grove.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoreline
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Some forecast models suggest winds of 90–100 mph about 3,000 feet above the surface, particularly near the southeast New England coastline.—
Jacob Wycoff,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Beyond Bahía del Águila, Cape Froward will likely remain a playground only for intrepid backpackers—those capable of wild camping, carrying heavy loads, and navigating the tide charts needed to cross narrow coastlines and three broad rivers.—
Mark Johanson,
Outside,
14 Mar. 2026
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The National Guard and Honolulu Fire Department airlifted 72 children and adults who had been attending a spring break youth camp at a retreat on Oahu's west coast called Our Lady of Kea'au, according to city and camp officials.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Underscoring the danger to ships in the region, a vessel was set ablaze Thursday off the United Arab Emirates' coast, and another was damaged off Qatar.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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Gracey's body was found Thursday afternoon in the waters off a beach near where he was last seen outside a Barcelona nightclub with his friends in the early hours of Tuesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Fort Lauderdale police have stepped up patrols for the city's annual spring break, focusing on maintaining order with a strict no-tolerance policy for drugs and alcohol on the beach.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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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
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There is no shortage of extravagant beachfront villas in the Caribbean, but this one distinguishes itself by combining the best of neo-classical design with a touch of whimsy.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
19 Mar. 2026
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In recent months, Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and others have bought up lavish beachfront estates and new commercial office spaces in South Florida.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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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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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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