shore
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Residents should "move away from the shore, either by going more than two kilometres inland or by moving up into hilly areas more than 10 meters high," he told local broadcaster Kompas TV.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Don’t you know?” asked Anna Deurloo, standing by me on the shore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Anthropic tries to shore up investor confidence ahead of blockbuster IPO.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Two other people - a 16-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man - safely returned to shore, the force added.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
I can’t help smiling as we start to guide the boat back along the jetty towards the shore.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
They’d loved hiking the Great Wall of China and participating in 150-mile bike rides, and had shored up their finances to retire early.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Alphabet has shored up its advertising dominance while setting a new path as a top AI merchant.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Even as its major military capabilities have been all but wiped out, it has shored up its defense through the agile use of cheap drones, mines and other devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Since the 1970s - when Britain ended trading agreements that had shored up New Zealand's economy and Australia introduced loosened work and travel restrictions - the outflow of people has surged sporadically.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Support struts shored up the wooden ceiling and stones embedded in the dirt floor made her stumble.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
As the company worked on shoring up its manufacturing capacity, a cultural shift was under way that neither Novo nor Lilly predicted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
As a method of coping and of shoring up the land, Ragusa enlisted a Sierra Madre company called Hardy Californians to plant a remediation seed mix across her lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
But the visit is also about shoring up India's position in the wider Gulf in the wake of Middle East conflict.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
He called Malone for help shoring up his balance sheet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Ambrose Spike had reported some minor splintering at the top inside edges of the door, but the shoring of earthworks was holding out.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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