shoreline

In Anne Arundel County, for instance, sea-level rise is accelerating along its 530 miles of shoreline while the ground is also sinking.
Sea-level rise is ‘the hidden threat’ for Anne Arundel waterfront homes|Selene San Felice|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
The commission can still deny an application for a seawall or other shoreline protective device if they judge it to be a substantial threat to public safety or health.
Bill Aimed at Preventing Future Bluff Collapses Isn’t All About Seawalls|Patricia Bates|January 4, 2021|Voice of San Diego
“This is a time when we need the private sector to work on other solutions such as moving structures away from eroding shorelines,” Ige said.
Hawaii Officials Promise Changes to Seawall Policies That Have Quickened Beach Destruction|by Mindy Pennybacker and Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser|December 31, 2020|ProPublica
“But if you have a jurisdiction that is basically just treating the shoreline and shoreline property as if it is any other property, that’s a problem,” Lemmo said.
Officials Let Hawaii’s Waterfront Homeowners Damage Public Beaches Again and Again|by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser|December 31, 2020|ProPublica

California lawmakers are just starting to push forward policy ideas that tackle the crumbling state of its coastal cliffs, but science can’t yet pinpoint which shorelines are most vulnerable to collapse.
Morning Report: Looking Back on the Tech Boondoggles of 2020|Voice of San Diego|December 29, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Investigators have been combing an Oakland shoreline park trying to find the weapon in the murky shallow water.
What Made One Goh, the Oikos University Shooter, Snap?|Dara Kerr|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
On Tuesday, he surveyed the shoreline in Pensacola Beach with President Obama.
The Oil Spill Saved Crist|Samuel P. Jacobs|June 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Walton County, located on the Florida panhandle, has already started spraying hay into the water if it arrives at the shoreline.
11 Extreme Oil Spill Solutions|The Daily Beast|May 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Looking ahead toward the shoreline, Madge saw a sheet of white mist drop like a curtain upon the water.
The Missing Formula|Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt
He gazed down on the lake and the shoreline where the hotel would be built, and the places where roads came out of the wilderness.
Operation Terror|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Once out among the rocks on the shoreline he could pull the blaster and herd the man to the flitter.
Plague Ship|Andre Norton
The red glory of the dying sun tinted the waters of the Gulf to the line of palm-fringed beach which edged the distant shoreline.
Terry|Charles Goff Thomson
The shoreline is timbered and beautiful, but the water looks dead, and not a sand beach is to be seen.
Days in the Open|Lathan A. Crandall

British Dictionary definitions for shoreline

shoreline

/ (ˈʃɔːˌlaɪn) /

noun

the edge of a body of water

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