shoal
Example Sentences
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“It’s clear that he has navigated the fraught shoals of the bureaucratic politics of the administration effectively. He hasn’t ticked off anybody who matters, and that’s a lot by itself.”
That included a Feb. 6 incident when a Chinese coast guard ship aimed a military-grade laser that briefly blinded some crew members of a Philippine patrol vessel off a disputed shoal.
From Seattle Times
The region also includes the many contested reefs and shoals of the South China Sea, a major pressure point between Beijing and several Southeast Asian countries.
From New York Times
He believes the pod had chased a shoal of herring into shallow water and were feeding on the fish.
From BBC
The ocean floor of the Cape is an immense patchwork of sandbars, shoals, and deep trenches.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
