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shallow

[shal-oh] / ˈʃæl oʊ /




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“Between the homes, a freeform pool curves through natural rock, hiding a grotto and a slide, with a shallow ledge for lounging and an elevated spa,” according to the listing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Images of the so-called Taraia Object show what could be the remnants of a small aircraft sitting in shallow waters.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Rojas tweaked his back in Game 3 when his feet slid out from under him in the slick grass in shallow right field as he made an on-target throw to first base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The shallow tremor was felt across the Central American nation of around 4.5 million people, according to the National Civil Protection System, and lasted for around a minute.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

They were frighteningly shallow – no deeper than his thumb-joint -and he had no idea if they’d hold.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The shallower the earthquake, the more likely it is to have more severe effects on the surface.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Instead of racing directly to the surface, however, the magma moved upward slowly and then stalled at a much shallower depth of 2 to 5 km.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

It’s creating shallower and more fragile relationships and communities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

However, small growers often have shallower wells that are more vulnerable to going dry when water levels drop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Now his snoozing became shallower as he heard a man and a woman speaking German in pitying tones.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

Currently, surveys are limited to very restricted spots, but with the help of these advanced underwater drones, scientists can extend their research from the shallowest regions to depths of 60 meters and beyond.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024

Though residential investment, which includes homebuilding, likely contracted for the ninth straight quarter, the decline was probably the shallowest in 1-1/2 years.

From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023

This water sits in some of the state's shallowest and most remote aquifers, where it has accreted over thousands of years beneath chalk-white valleys.

From Salon ● May 7, 2023

It’s a shame that, despite a few charming moments that show some depth, the film only offers the shallowest of dips into the ocean that is modern queer culture.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022

The shallowest waves lap against mere inches of shore.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

On Thursday, the beachside felt calm as a woman was leisurely paddle boarding in the shallows while children played on the beach.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

When environmentalists countered with expensive government salmon hatcheries, the bass adapted, hiding in the shallows surrounding the hatcheries, where they are treated to an endless buffet of salmon fingerlings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

But now scientists on the first expedition beyond the islands' shallows have discovered an underwater mountain range, a massive "blue hole", coral reefs apparently untouched by climate change and never-before-seen sea creatures.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

They frequent the shallows surrounding Friday Harbor Labs, the UW research facility located on San Juan Island.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

In the shallows beyond the breakwater an ancient corpse rising and falling among the driftwood.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Once again, the sea shallowed, and fish shimmied between crags, sea urchins perched on ridges and starfish danced on the side of the island.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2017

Instead of descending directly into the mantle, the subducting plate shallowed out and moved eastward beneath the continental plate affecting the overlying continent hundreds of miles east of the continental margin and building high mountains.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

That shows I've shallowed the path of my driver from the top to impact.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 7, 2016

“Be a good boy,” my mother said with a shallowed voice before closing the door behind her, leaving us alone.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2013

Twelve feet were found, which shallowed to eight, the greatest depth over the bar.

From The Three Admirals by J.R. Wells

The researchers cite as one example the Bangkok basin in Thailand, where groundwater levels fell in the late-twentieth century before shallowing out in the early 21at Century.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2024

Instead, the fish have been forced to lay their eggs at the base of Shasta Lake in the shallowing Sacramento River.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2022

His short-iron stats are trailing, but that's a result of how well he's shallowing the club into impact.

From Golf Digest ● May 29, 2019

But the shallowing seawater in the Baltic Sea is not the only thing worrying people in the area, says Knutsson.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2017

She could feel the dream shallowing, like a sleek ship beaching on a shoal.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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