coastal
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She calls growing up in a low-income family in a coastal rural community a potentially "toxic" combination.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
By 1453 the Roman Empire’s domain had been reduced to Constantinople and some thin strips of coastal territory outside the city, as well as a few Aegean islands and the Peloponnese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
A blaze near Plomari, the old ouzo town on the island’s south coast, was eating coastal homes while roughly 100 firefighters fought it, and a seaside resort emptied into the dark.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
The updated figure comes weeks after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck on June 24, causing nearly 200 buildings to collapse, mostly in the worst-hit coastal state of La Guaira.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Archaeologists have excavated hundreds of American sites unequivocally dating to between 2000 and 11,000 B.C., including dozens of Clovis sites in the North American West, rock shelters in the Appalachians, and sites in coastal California.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing coastal
The United States
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South America - Middle School
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Canada - Introductory
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