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Recent Examples of shoreline
The hotel is set along a private stretch of shoreline, steps from the guest rooms, suites, and restaurants.
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
If there’s ice on the lake but water around the shoreline, be extra cautious.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Shelf ice forms along the shoreline but is not connected to solid land.
—Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
The photo captures a moment when frozen lagoons, sea ice, and shoreline all coexist in mid-June, a useful context for understanding seasonal ice persistence in a region where timing affects ecosystems, coastal erosion and human activity.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoreline
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The Associated Press reported that the grim discovery underscores the tactics used by criminal groups competing for control of territory and trafficking routes, especially along the country’s coastline.—
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But as millions of sun-hungry travelers pack their bags for Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum this winter, remember there are still pockets of secluded paradise to be found and cherished along Mexico’s Caribbean coastline.—
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The Crew-11 astronauts will also have to splashdown off the Florida coast before then.—
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The weather service's Storm Prediction Center has placed Austin and areas east toward the Texas coast under a level 1 out of 5 risk for isolated severe thunderstorms that could include hail, damaging winds or even a tornado.—
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Explore tranquil marshland trails or relax on white-sand beaches.—
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If your annual drive to the beach involves more than a full day on the road, that predictability drops fast.—
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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.—
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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.—
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The town is anchored by luxury beachfront properties, resorts, and boutique inns.—
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Built in 2015, the mansion, which has 88 feet of beachfront, actually sold in 2018 for $12 million and then sold again in 2022 for just $7 million.—
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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.—
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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.—
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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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