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Recent Examples of shoreline
Fairfield, New Haven, and Middlesex Counties are under a blizzard warning with 16-22 inches predicted along the shoreline.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
Untouched shoreline in Tampa Bay.
—Justin Tramble, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
But the Spinosaurus mirabilis fossils were found far inland, roughly 300-600 miles from the nearest ocean shoreline.
—Reuters, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
The area around the park is great for getting outdoors during the day, with mountain biking and trail running, kayaking along Lake Superior’s shoreline, and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter.
—Megan Eaves, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
Untouched shoreline in Tampa Bay.
—Justin Tramble, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
But the Spinosaurus mirabilis fossils were found far inland, roughly 300-600 miles from the nearest ocean shoreline.
—Reuters, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
The area around the park is great for getting outdoors during the day, with mountain biking and trail running, kayaking along Lake Superior’s shoreline, and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter.
—Megan Eaves, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoreline
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The Islamic Republic shares a coastline with the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important waterway for the global oil trade.—
Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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Riders will travel on a new century route that tours South Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Las Olas and Lighthouse Point, with an approximately 40-mile stretch along the Florida coastline under police escort.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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This particular shipment likely set sail from Quanzhou, a port on China’s eastern coast that was close to the creative heartlands in the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, bound for Temasek, according to Flecker.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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The confrontation happened Wednesday one nautical mile northeast of the El Pino channel in Cayo Falcones, off the northern coast of the Villa Clara province in central Cuba, according to Cuban government officials.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Blasts have been heard from the beaches of Dubai to the streets of Doha.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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This funky little beach town checks all the boxes for a great seaside destination, with none of the annoyances— like huge crowds and towering high rises—of more popular spots.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 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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The space felt like a chic beachfront apartment, with a generous kitchen, airy living room with a television, spa-like bathroom with a tiled shower and a big soaking tub, and plush king bed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Wood finishes and a neutral palette of creams and beiges make the horizon a primary design element, and walls of glass slide open to a wide beachfront deck, turning the main floor into a continuous indoor-outdoor space.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
25 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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In fact, your desire to expand your perception of the world, the universe and of your purpose has likely been shifting like the sands of the beach, spinning on the foamy seashore.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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