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shallow

[shal-oh] / ˈʃæl oʊ /




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Cool promptly in shallow containers, label and refrigerate.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Its anatomy also suggests that the snake may have spent much of its time on land or in shallow, swampy environments, rather than living exclusively in water.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

“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

The wall of the lagoon formed a shallow slope, and where he’d fallen in, it had been no more than waist-deep.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

That study also found evidence that the slab was shallower offshore than earlier estimates suggested.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 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

These strike-slip earthquakes can occur at shallower depths than subduction quakes, where one tectonic plate is forced below another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

The shallower the incline, the further the ball would have to roll to get back to its original height.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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

The yield curve continued to 'bear steepen' to show its shallowest inversion between two and 10-year yields in more than a year and actually in positive territory between two and 20 years.

From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 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

But it also validates every critique of these shows and the gamified pursuit of romance or hooking up based purely on image and the shallowest of connections.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2021

The moon was hidden somewhere behind the blinding glare, and it felt like the city itself was collapsing, pressing in, taking only the shallowest of breaths in the squeeze of lost space.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

A span of international waters runs through the strait but perilous shallows mean the navigable channel is a winding route just 7 miles wide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In February last year, a tourist in the Caribbean had both hands bitten off while trying to get a photograph of a bull shark from the shallows, according to local authorities.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

Night fell and the stars came out and there was Roz, wading through the shallows, her headlights turning from side to side as she warned the coastal creatures to leave.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

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

Then it shallowed, and we soon were able to see, from our horses, the cattle in the corn.

From Adventures in Many Lands by F. Gillett

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

Trying to collect his wits and courage, Vetch spoke the Revelation-spell, watching between each slow-syllabled word for change or tremor of illusion in this strange drying and shallowing of the abyss of ocean.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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