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shorelines

  • plural
    of shoreline.
    shoreline
    noun
    the line where shore and water meet.

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One of the beefs homeowners have with PWCs—and so called “wake boats”—is that the waves they generate can slam moored boats into docks and erode shorelines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Navy had recently chosen Damen “to help it fast-track a new fleet” of a different type of vessel: up to 35 medium-sized ships to move troops and supplies to shorelines.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Perhaps, if the Navy had moved away from large aircraft carriers and more toward small ships that could attack with speed and stealth along shorelines.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

The sun hangs in the middle of the sky as I drive toward one of the most rapidly changing shorelines in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

A tugboat made its way down the river, causing the water to crash into the rocks along the shorelines.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser