shoals
Example Sentences
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El Niño’s name—originally El Niño de Navidad, the Christ child—comes from Peruvian fishermen, who realised far earlier that Christmas sometimes brought heat that devastated the shoals they depended on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
So after a rewrite, Mary Richards launches her best life from the shoals of a broken engagement instead.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
And for decades, every attempt to create legal access has foundered on the rocky shoals of property rights and lumbering bureaucracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2025
You wanted to be remembered as having held this institution together and steered it through the rocky shoals.
From Slate ● May 28, 2024
Something is happening: there’s a commotion, a flurry among the shoals of cars.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
