How to Use coast guard in a Sentence

coast guard

noun
  • In just a decade, China has amassed the world’s largest coast guard fleet.
    Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • The coast guard said 16 of the bodies were young African women, while one was a young man.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The coast guard was sending divers to help in the rescue efforts.
    Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Tweets from the coast guard featured dramatic video of the fire.
    oregonlive, 18 June 2022
  • The tour boat has since lost contact, according to the coast guard.
    NBC News, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The coast guard said the 10 victims — seven men and three women — were adults.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • But the coast guard caught the Oyang 77, confiscated the catch, and destroyed its nets.
    Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Just off shore, the coast guard discovered the other bodies on the yacht.
    Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The pilot of the coast guard’s Bombardier Dash-8 plane escaped but the five crew members died, Saito said.
    Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024
  • In the past, the Greek government has used the coast guard to deter migration.
    Karam Shoumali, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
  • At least 120 migrants were aboard the vessel, according to the coast guard.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The transcript shows that the Japan Airlines jet was cleared to land and that the coast guard plan was instructed to hold short of the runway.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The anchor used to hold the floating barrier which was removed by the coast guard.
    Reuters, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Evidence suggests that the Greek coast guard could have helped save them, but did not.
    Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The coast guard took the remaining crew members to Catanzaro.
    Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The European Union has paid the Libyan coast guard to stop people from crossing the Mediterranean.
    Rick Noack and Sandra Mehl, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2022
  • The coast guard confirmed that the same boat went aground in the area last June, though nobody was injured in that accident.
    NBC News, 24 Apr. 2022
  • But the living conditions on the coast guard vessel are still far better than on the wreck of the Sierra Madre.
    Rebecca Wright, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And there some very passionate folks about the lake and the river of the coast guard, the rowing and sealing programs that Lakers the yacht clubs.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 9 May 2022
  • The Chinese crew told the coast guard the tanker had suddenly veered toward them, the official said.
    Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Saturday, the fire was still burning and coast guard crews remained on site.
    oregonlive, 18 June 2022
  • Images published in the afternoon by the coast guard showed gray smoke pouring out of the stricken ship.
    Mike Corder, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
  • To join the coast guard to pay for his tuition, to Savannah college of art and design in Georgia.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 15 June 2022
  • The coast guard chose not to disclose his part in the rescue per the family’s request, the Times reported.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The Philippine coast guard said it was harassed by a total of 13 Chinese coast guard and militia ships.
    Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Two other Canadian coast guard ships were either there or on the way.
    NBC News, 21 June 2023
  • The Spanish coast guard shared a photo on Twitter showing the men perched just above the boat's waterline.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Five people were killed on board the coast guard aircraft, officials said.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • From there, coast guard vessels and other nearby ships came to gather the passengers and crew and take them to shore.
    Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Two hours later, a Greek coast guard helicopter flew past.
    Karam Shoumali, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023

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