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Recent Examples of shorefront
Although Winnetka would hardly be the first affluent community where private residents have been accused of monopolizing water access (see Malibu, East Hampton, Nantucket, and Half Moon Bay), few places in America are more touchy about their shorefront than Chicago.
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Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024
Camping from $10, cabins from $30 Thatch Caye Resort
Occupying the shorefront of a private island 30 minutes off the coast of Dangriga, this resort hosts just 30 guests at a time.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
Beach camping is allowed along the lake, but if sleeping in a tent isn’t your thing, hotel owners who grew up summering at Lake Mac have recently spruced up old shorefront lodges.
—Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2023
And in 2018, the Christies bought a multimillion-dollar shorefront home in Bay Head, one of the more exclusive towns on the Jersey Shore.
—Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 16 June 2023
To fully protect Manhattan would require a flood wall that is tall, long and continuous, wrapping around the island on both sides, similar to the 16-kilometer-long, five-meter-high and nearly five-meter-thick (at its base) sea wall along the Galveston shorefront.
—David Biello, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2012
Interestingly, the 16,641-acre lake was built as a recreational deep water and fishing lake, so the shorefront is clear of trees – a rarity among North Texas lake properties.
—Warner Group, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2022
The force of the waves subjects this stretch of shorefront to relentless erosion.
—Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022
Running parallel is a rugged expanse of coastline that offers access to offshoot trails, a shorefront that includes Long Beach and First Nations landmarks.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2021
Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024
Camping from $10, cabins from $30 Thatch Caye Resort
Occupying the shorefront of a private island 30 minutes off the coast of Dangriga, this resort hosts just 30 guests at a time.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
Beach camping is allowed along the lake, but if sleeping in a tent isn’t your thing, hotel owners who grew up summering at Lake Mac have recently spruced up old shorefront lodges.
—Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2023
And in 2018, the Christies bought a multimillion-dollar shorefront home in Bay Head, one of the more exclusive towns on the Jersey Shore.
—Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 16 June 2023
To fully protect Manhattan would require a flood wall that is tall, long and continuous, wrapping around the island on both sides, similar to the 16-kilometer-long, five-meter-high and nearly five-meter-thick (at its base) sea wall along the Galveston shorefront.
—David Biello, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2012
Interestingly, the 16,641-acre lake was built as a recreational deep water and fishing lake, so the shorefront is clear of trees – a rarity among North Texas lake properties.
—Warner Group, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2022
The force of the waves subjects this stretch of shorefront to relentless erosion.
—Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022
Running parallel is a rugged expanse of coastline that offers access to offshoot trails, a shorefront that includes Long Beach and First Nations landmarks.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorefront
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The former Neuhoff slaughterhouse on the waterfront near Germantown is in the midst of a transformation that includes dining, residential and a great brewery.Adam Tamburin, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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They got married at their home in Illinois On Sept. 16, 2023, Corgan and Chloe tied the knot at their 1929 waterfront estate in Highland Park, welcoming 100 guests for an intimate ceremony and reception.Makena Gera, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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In San Francisco, voters were approving by 53-47% a plan to ban cars from more than 2 miles of the Great Highway on the city’s western edges near Ocean Beach and turn it over to bicyclists, joggers and hikers to create a new oceanfront park.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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In addition to the three other bedrooms in the unit, there are dual oceanfront offices, a TV room, and a laundry room.Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sardinia is ringed with coves lapped by translucent turquoise water, soft white sand beaches and some of the warmest swimming conditions in the region, as balmy as 80 degrees in summer.Ann Abel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Barbie star’s chic new chop is courtesy of celebrity hairstylist Marc Mena—also known as the man behind Madelyn Cline’s iconic beach bob—who shared a behind-the-scenes reel of Greenblatt’s transformation to Instagram.Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, with 35 miles of beautiful Gulf Coast beachfront, there’s plenty of pristine beach ready for visitors to enjoy.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
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The resort will have oceanview rooms alongside beachfront and garden villas with private pools and terraces.Laura Ratliff, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2024
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Regent partners with local company Beach Yoga SoCal to offer sunrise classes mere feet from the shoreline.Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Since official Atlantic tropical cyclone recordkeeping began some 174 years ago, nearly 600 tropical storms or hurricanes have struck the mainland U.S. shoreline.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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So his days passed: breakfast, a stroll across the island or a bus ride to the southern beach, lunch followed by an afternoon siesta in the shade of a seaside palm.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Growing up in a small seaside town in Southern Italy, I was surrounded by breathtaking beauty.Benedetto Biondi, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Opening in the same year was the elegant Interlaken Hotel, on the shores of Twin Lakes, a gorgeous but ultimately doomed retreat for well-off visitors.James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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The shores of Europe were littered with wrecks from the First World War.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Shorefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorefront. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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