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
Zoom out, though, and it does an impressive job of steering investors away from dangerous shoals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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
His stomach, though, felt like a ship breaking up on invisible shoals.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
