coastline

Example Sentences

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Parts of what is now Iran’s coastline was controlled in the 1800s by a dynasty based in the present-day U.A.E.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

It includes a collection of 24 luxury waterfront townhomes set along a largely untouched coastline.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Kharg experienced major development during Iran's oil boom in the 1960s and 1970s because much of the coastline on the mainland was too shallow to accommodate supertankers.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Sea ice is remaining attached to Alaska's northern coastline for shorter periods each year, based on 27 years of data analyzed by scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Elizebeth also had to search for signs of hostile actions—anything from a foreign warship laying mines to submarines behaving strangely off the American coastline.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield