coastline
Example Sentences
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“Unfortunately”, he went on to say, most of the spare capacity in the world’s oil market is in the Middle East and generally exists through the vital strategic chokepoint off Iran’s western coastline.
From MarketWatch
The waters off the glittering coastlines of Britain's Caribbean territories have long been a mystery.
From BBC
LNG terminals sprang up along coastlines to process imports, prime ministers flew to the Middle East to secure gas deals and governments subsidized energy-saving technology like heat pumps.
China is building new submarines that will put more of the U.S. mainland within range—and do so from waters closer to its own coastline.
The devastating effect of storms on seabirds, including the thousands of puffins washing up on the coastline in the South West, Channel Islands and France, has been well documented.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
