shoreline

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Recent Examples of shoreline Love on the Beach Plenty of perfumes try to capture the beach in a bottle, but this one truly transports you to a sun-dappled shoreline, somewhere tropical with a breeze carrying the smell of coconuts and salt water. Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 Her family’s trips to the isolated shoreline now include wide-eyed roadside spectators from all across the country who want to catch a glimpse of the SpaceX launch site. Paola Rosa-Aquino, Scientific American, 29 May 2025 The result: beach closures and reports of illnesses not only from those who come into contact with polluted shorelines, but potentially those living farther inland. Aerosols are minuscule particles emitted into the air. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025 After setting sail from Connecticut, the ship made it within a mile of the shoreline before a leak in the vessel dragged Goodsell and his small crew to their watery graves, according to the college. Alana Wise, NPR, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shoreline
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoreline
Noun
  • The venue had panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and Santa Barbara coastline, an exclusive source reveals to PEOPLE.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 31 May 2025
  • On the island of Tongatapu, the main island of Tonga, researchers scoured the southern coastline for evidence of violent weather events that occurred thousands of years ago.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • After a two-year shutdown, fishing boats will fan out along the California coast angling for Chinook salmon this weekend as recreational fishing resumes under strict limits.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • Alma Resort, Vietnam – Coffee by Bicycle, Delivered to Your Pavilion Located along Vietnam’s Cam Ranh coast, Alma Resort is rethinking guests’ morning coffee order with its immersive in-room Vietnamese coffee service.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Photo : David Marlow The estate has access to unspoiled white-sand beaches.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
  • But this year, Carmen Echegaray, a candy and soda vendor, is sitting alone at the one snack stand here in a fishing hamlet in Chancay, a small city north of Lima known for its picturesque beaches.
    Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Those observations proved less conclusive than had been hoped, but during the rest of the voyage, Cook was able to map the coastland of New Zealand before sailing west to the southeastern coast of Australia—the first record of Europeans on the continent's Eastern coastline.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
  • 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
Noun
  • Where to stay Get a taste of Jersey Shore living by staying at Pier Village’s family-friendly beachfront the Wave Resort or the Ocean Place Resort & Spa, which includes pet-friendly rooms on its second floor.
    Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 2 June 2025
  • Photo : Legendary Productions/Luxury Resort Portfolio A private tunnel under the street connects the home to a 1,200-square-foot beachfront cabana.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • The rehab team examined the turtle and started to clean her up, seashore officials said.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The new Trump budget proposal would reduce money for the nation's national parks, monuments, historic sites, seashores and trails by nearly 25%.
    Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 5 May 2025

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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoreline. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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