shoreline

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Recent Examples of shoreline When full, Lake Powell’s shoreline spans 1,960 miles — the approximate driving distance from Denver to Boston. Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026 To help find a solution, the Corps began a subsequent shoreline mitigation study in 2016 with plans to complete it within three years, but the effort stalled in 2017 when the federal funding for it dried up. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026 Visitors can find eight different lighthouses along the UP's Keweenaw Peninsula shoreline, as well as several waterfalls within a short drive. Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026 Residents have repeatedly expressed concern about transferring control of this valuable public asset through a long-term lease and limiting public access to our shoreline. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for shoreline
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoreline
Noun
  • Brands including Cult Gaia, Alo, Same Swim, and La DoubleJ are opening stores in either the South of France or along the Italian coastline ahead of the 2026 season, in a bid to capture the flocks of tourists who visit these hotspots and are keen to splurge without breaking the bank.
    Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 8 June 2026
  • Rachel Carson’s contributions to our understanding of nature as both environmental home and habitat, whose balance must be protected and preserved, led her to a lifetime’s study of and writing about the oceans, coastlines, and lands of the United States.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • The backstory The property has been a long-standing fixture on Puerto Rico’s northeastern coast.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2026
  • The Highway 82 Fire and Pineland Road Fire have consumed more than 55,000 acres in four counties between Valdosta and the Atlantic coast.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • For larger groups, the luxe three-to-five-bedroom residences are worth the splurge, offering private pools, direct beach access, and a personal chef available for hire.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2026
  • Add sandals for a beach day and heels for a night of ocean-side spritzes.
    Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 29 May 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
  • After its recent $50 million expansion, the Banyan Tree Mayakoba is the star of the Mayakoba development in Playa del Carmen, with 34 private beachfront pool suites and a brand-new beach club with an infinity pool overlooking the ocean.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • On sunny days, when Manhattanites swap scorching sidewalks for the cool exhale of a sea breeze, the beachfront jostles.
    Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Plan an overnight stay at one of the park's beachfront cabins to soak up even more of this seashore's unspoiled beauty or camp out on the sand.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
  • The film begins with soldiers lying dead on a seashore, near bloody waters — a reminder of the catastrophic rehearsal for D-Day called Exercise Tiger, which resulted in hundreds of deaths of American servicemen.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 May 2026

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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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