shoreline

Example Sentences

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Seizing Kharg Island and the islands near the mainland would require an amphibious landing on a contested shoreline, among “the hardest operations” a military can attempt, and one that Iran is almost certainly prepared for.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

It may freeze directly to the shoreline, anchor to shallow areas of the seafloor, or connect with grounded ice ridges.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Shutting the jungle of pipes and towering flare stacks dominating the desert shoreline took a fifth of supercooled gas supplies from the world market at a stroke.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Police search teams set out on foot and by boat, looking for any belongings left behind on the shoreline by someone planning a wild swim.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

The distances were smaller, of course; shoreline families would move a fifteen-minute walk inland, to avoid direct exposure to winter storms and tides.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann