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coastal

[kohs-tl] / ˈkoʊs tl /
ADJECTIVE
bordering the water
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“We also have high tides going on at the same time as the higher surf, so that’s when we start to see more of those coastal flooding impacts, beach erosion.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

It said the initiative would focus on landscapes across Cornwall's coastal grasslands, dunes and heathland as well as grazing marshes and sea walls in Kent and the upland fringe landscape of the North Pennines.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Streets and homes were flooded on Saturday in the coastal New Jersey communities of Surf City and Manasquan.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Some coastal areas of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey have already seen flooding this week.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

In the evening the murky shape of another coastal city, the cluster of tall buildings vaguely askew.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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