shoals

Example Sentences

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So after a rewrite, Mary Richards launches her best life from the shoals of a broken engagement instead.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

“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.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Calm captains of the ship of state struggle to navigate the world system’s waves and shoals.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

You wanted to be remembered as having held this institution together and steered it through the rocky shoals.

From Slate • May 28, 2024

Rocks and Rising States Ledge and the shoals of Eagle Island on the south; on the north, Bowditch Ledge.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham