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  • Then he abandoned the shore-line, heading right across Norton Sound.

    An Odyssey of the North 2010

  • Then he abandoned the shore-line, heading right across Norton Sound.

    An Odyssey of the North 2010

  • But the ice grew more uneasy under them, breaking loose from the shore-line and rising steadily inch by inch.

    THE END OF THE STORY 2010

  • I have some shore-line property in Arkansas I want to sell Bernanke.

    Bernanke: Fed will make profit on bailout 2009

  • The town itself we could see, the Lakanaii metropolis of Olokona, a smudge of smoke on the shore-line, as we looked down across the miles of cane-fields, the billow-wreathed reef-lines, and the blue haze of ocean to where the island of Oahu shimmered like a dim opal on the horizon.

    SHIN-BONES 2010

  • We seemed to be making for the far shore, cutting through the water at a great rate, with the steam-boats shrilling their hooters and passengers crowding the rail to look down on us; as we neared the shore-line of wharves ahead, there seemed to be some jamboree in progress, and the sound of brass bands was mingling with the steam whistles and the cry of the sea-birds.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • It was farther off than I'd expected, about a mile, so that it stood well back from the camp, which was all spread out like asand-table down the shore-line.

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • Now they are walking thru shore-line dust to get to the greens.

    Gringos 2006

  • By means of a small steamer, purchasing the ivory of the Lake and River above the cataracts, which together have a shore-line of at least 600 miles, the slave-trade in this quarter would be rendered unprofitable, β€” for it is only by the ivory being carried by the slaves, that the latter do not eat up all the profits of a trip.

    A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

  • Standing on the smooth sandy beach at the east end of the pond, in a calm September afternoon, when a slight haze makes the opposite shore-line indistinct, I have seen whence came the expression, β€œthe glassy surface of a lake.”

    Walden 2004

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