shore

Example Sentences

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And then, before we can see what’s tipped them off, they start paddling for shore.

From Literature

"A volunteer marine rescue vessel was directed to their location and all three were successfully rescued and returned to shore," the force said.

From BBC

It got access to those 20 megahertz of spectrum, which it badly needed to shore up its commercial network.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Housemaid” stumbles, and it doesn’t help that Sweeney spends much of the film meandering throughout its narrative like a piece of driftwood that keeps washing back onto the shore.

From Salon

The authorities have also seen the continued use of so-called "taxi boats", which leave shore discreetly and almost empty before picking up dozens of migrants wading into shallow waters.

From Barron's