lakeshore
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lakeshore
Example Sentences
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Among them: Why was there such a large basilica on the lakeshore rather than inside Nicaea’s city walls?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The group Audubon California has announced that it will receive a $5.2-million grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board to support a 564-acre wetland habitat project on that part of the lakeshore.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025
In fact, the footprints indicate these two species were walking along the lakeshore within hours or days of each other, according to a study published this week in Science that Feibel co-authored.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024
Spears and a double-pointed throwing stick were found lying between animal bones about ten meters below the surface in deposits at a former lakeshore.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024
He could not spell out H-E-L-P, when there was no longer any land between the lakeshore and the woods.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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