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- noun Plural form of
littoral .
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Examples
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Due to the proliferation of high-tech defensive weapons, the most controversial element of the Marines' strategic concept are amphibious assaults against defended littorals.
Why We Still Need the Marines Mackubin Thomas Owens 2011
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To the extent that naval experts worry about the Chinese, or even regional powers in the littorals, potential opponents are deploying ominous new missile and submarine systems that make our huge surface forces into little more than "targets," according to prevailing gallows humor.
Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010
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To the extent that naval experts worry about the Chinese, or even regional powers in the littorals, potential opponents are deploying ominous new missile and submarine systems that make our huge surface forces into little more than "targets," according to prevailing gallows humor.
Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010
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To the extent that naval experts worry about the Chinese, or even regional powers in the littorals, potential opponents are deploying ominous new missile and submarine systems that make our huge surface forces into little more than "targets," according to prevailing gallows humor.
Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010
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To the extent that naval experts worry about the Chinese, or even regional powers in the littorals, potential opponents are deploying ominous new missile and submarine systems that make our huge surface forces into little more than "targets," according to prevailing gallows humor.
Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010
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To the extent that naval experts worry about the Chinese, or even regional powers in the littorals, potential opponents are deploying ominous new missile and submarine systems that make our huge surface forces into little more than "targets," according to prevailing gallows humor.
Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010
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To the extent that naval experts worry about the Chinese, or even regional powers in the littorals, potential opponents are deploying ominous new missile and submarine systems that make our huge surface forces into little more than "targets," according to prevailing gallows humor.
Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010
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To the extent that naval experts worry about the Chinese, or even regional powers in the littorals, potential opponents are deploying ominous new missile and submarine systems that make our huge surface forces into little more than "targets," according to prevailing gallows humor.
Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010
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It is not normal behavior for the US Navy to tow around an expensive towed sonar in the littorals off a country with no submarines like the Philippines.
A chilly breeze in the South China Sea Dave 2009
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It is not normal behavior for the US Navy to tow around an expensive towed sonar in the littorals off a country with no submarines like the Philippines.
Archive 2009-06-01 Dave 2009
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This lets it move swiftly in the coastal shallows (or “littorals,” in seagoing parlance), where it’s meant to dominate.
At Work, Expertise Is Falling Out of Favor Jerry Useem 2022
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