ocean

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The group is trying to protect 80 houses on Baxter Road, an enclave with spectacular ocean views and named properties such as “Owl’s Nest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The Orion capsule carrying the astronauts will now travel back to Earth in a so-called free-return trajectory before coming down in the ocean.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

By mile 97, the road rises to the Hugh T. Osborne Overlook, where the landscape shifts once again, opening into a vast ocean of sand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

I went into the ocean just to cool off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

His teacher had talked about an earthquake in Alaska, too, where parts of the ocean floor rose fifty feet.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret