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Turkish-flagged boats carrying tourists are a constant presence along the waterfront, arriving and departing throughout the day, highlighting the steady flow of Turkish visitors to the Greek island.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The waterfront restaurant was opened in 1972 by Robert Mardian, a Stanford graduate who abandoned his plans to pursue a career as a lawyer to instead enter the restaurant business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Last year, for example, at his Miami waterfront estate, Witkoff hammered out a plan with Russia’s Dmitriev for $300 billion in joint Russia–U.S. investment projects—which would come to fruition after some possible future peace.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Located on Miami Beach’s ultraexclusive Star Island, the 10-bedroom, 12-bath mansion sits on more than an acre of waterfront land with approximately 240 feet of Biscayne Bay frontage.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Clinging to the rocky hillsides and dusty flats above the work site, Shack Town wasn’t much better than a dry, dusty version of Hooverville down on the waterfront in Seattle.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Buyers want to “obtain that coastal lifestyle” for less money than it would cost in other California waterfronts, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Back then the waterfronts of Port Glasgow and neighbouring Greenock were filled with shipyards.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
“In the next decade, New York’s waterfronts are going to look very different.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Now, D.C.’s gaze has turned toward our waterfronts, including the Wharf, National Harbor and Washington Harbour in Georgetown, which are job creators and magnets for locals and tourists alike.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
From New Jersey to Alaska, reservoirs, bridges, tunnels, factories, and waterfronts were put under guard.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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