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shoreline

[shawr-lahyn, shohr-]

noun

  1. the line where shore and water meet.



shoreline

/ ˈʃɔːˌɪ /

noun

  1. the edge of a body of water

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shoreline1

First recorded in 1850–55; shore 1 + line 1
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But back on the sand, surf camps — long mainstays of Santa Monica Bay’s shorelines — are suffering this summer.

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The researchers used data from shoreline cleanups that recorded bags as a percentage of all items collected, and looked at how this differed in areas with a policy compared to those without.

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Mary Smith, a 17-site campground on Lewiston Lake shoreline, treats guests with one thing none of the other sites on this list provide: glamping.

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Along the dry shorelines, windblown dust contributes to harmful air pollution in low-income, predominantly Latino communities, where people suffer from asthma and other respiratory illnesses at high rates.

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Russia controls a whopping half of the Arctic shoreline - and it's been hoovering up Chinese investments.

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