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In June, a three-judge panel had ruled unanimously that teaching yoga is protected speech and that city officials had failed to show how the classes threaten public safety or prevent enjoyment of the city’s shoreline parks, overturning a lower court’s ruling.
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
As the water channels and sand shifted around Florida’s Boneyard Beach over the last few hundred years, the shoreline retreated and the trees fell.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Patrol boats from Coast Guard Station Islamorada were launched to search the shoreline, but did not locate them, so an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Miami was sent to the Keys, according to Rodriguez.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The shoreline there is flanked by a maze of keys that separate the Bay of Santa Clara from the expanse of the Florida Straits.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
As the water channels and sand shifted around Florida’s Boneyard Beach over the last few hundred years, the shoreline retreated and the trees fell.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Patrol boats from Coast Guard Station Islamorada were launched to search the shoreline, but did not locate them, so an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Miami was sent to the Keys, according to Rodriguez.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The shoreline there is flanked by a maze of keys that separate the Bay of Santa Clara from the expanse of the Florida Straits.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoreline
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In partnership with Leave No Trace, Martin County offers the tours for free, helping visitors discover the natural beauty of the coastline’s mangroves, estuaries, hammocks, and trails.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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Deposits along its northwestern border with China and eastern coastline are being explored to boost production and reduce reliance on imports.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The curious rocky coast of this bay continues haunting me in the most visceral ways.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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Organizers with the Global Sumud Flotilla said on X that the boat was last tracked only a few miles off Gaza’s coast before contact was lost.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Bring a bottle of bug spray, a blanket or a comfortable beach chair, then sit back and enjoy the show.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Plus, Jeremiah had to still be winded by busting out that extended dance remix of his maniacal villain laugh from back on the beach.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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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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Iberostar Waves Quetzal Playa del Carmen, Mexico A beachfront all-inclusive Playa del Carmen resort that welcomes families with excellent children’s programming, Iberostar Waves Quetzal caters to kids and teens ages four to 17 with everything from cooking classes to science experiments.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Next, head inland for countryside that’s more like Tuscany or the Hudson Valley than a Mediterranean beachfront.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
26 Sep. 2025
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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
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Being a seashore town, Santander gets its pick of fresh seafood.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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