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Trump has fought tooth and nail in court to suspend wind energy projects that are fully permitted, under contract and under construction across the eastern seaboard.
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Fujairah, one of the world's top hubs for storing crude and fuels, is located on the eastern seaboard of the UAE and serves as a key shipping hub for the wider region.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
On March 22 Samoset returned again, this time with Squanto, the only other Native American on the Eastern seaboard who spoke English.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
Orlando led the way among Florida airports amid the more than 6,000 flights canceled nationwide as heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions slam the northeastern seaboard.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Fujairah, one of the world's top hubs for storing crude and fuels, is located on the eastern seaboard of the UAE and serves as a key shipping hub for the wider region.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
On March 22 Samoset returned again, this time with Squanto, the only other Native American on the Eastern seaboard who spoke English.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
Orlando led the way among Florida airports amid the more than 6,000 flights canceled nationwide as heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions slam the northeastern seaboard.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaboard
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Filming pine trees on Maine’s seacoast and palmettos off Charleston left us with stark reminders of North America’s botanical diversity as well as its vastness.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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North Korea has opened a splashy resort on its eastern seacoast called Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area, featuring some 400 buildings.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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Commercial vessels increasingly have traveled through the Panama Canal carrying shipments that were rerouted or purchased from different countries to avoid the waterway off Iran’s coast.—
Alma Solis,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Historically, Biarritz—a small seaside hamlet on France’s southwestern coast—has closely competed with its eastern neighbors on the Med.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
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Despite this drop in visitors, 26 of the 433 sites in the NPS system—which includes national parks, monuments, historic sites, battlefields, recreation areas, preserves, and seashores—broke all-time records for visitation.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
13 Mar. 2026
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Yet, violence on the pickleball courts happened at a genteel country club in a gated community in Port Orange, Florida, a seashore community of some 66,000 residents along the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the spring break mecca, Daytona Beach.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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The scenic seaside town was once a hub for members of France’s high society who preferred something more laid back than the glitzy Cote d’Azur in the east, and a casual atmosphere still persists here, thanks in part to the surf culture that has propagated over the years.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
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Set along Grand Cayman's famed Seven Mile Beach, the Kimpton Seafire features 264 rooms and suites, multiple restaurants, and two seaside pools.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
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The montage features Louis playing on the beach, swinging a bat, and jumping into the ocean—a snapshot of carefree moments typical of a normal childhood.—
Antonella Rossi,
Vanity Fair,
24 Apr. 2026
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Some residents at the April 16 meeting posited that the Park District’s controversial donation pact with billionaire resident Justin Ishbia played a role in the dog beach designs.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Under Iran’s approval procedure for vessels wanting to transit the strait, ships must take a different route than before the war — to the north, near Iran’s coastline.—
Ben Finley,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Myrtle Beach’s resort area stretches along a full 60 miles of coastline and includes quieter spots like Surfside Beach, which is popular among families for its multiple beach access points and plenty of space to spread out.—
Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.—
Silvia Marchetti,
CNN,
8 Oct. 2022
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Reparations have been a periodic topic of debate since the waning days of the Civil War, when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman promised 40 acres and a mule to formerly enslaved families in a swath of confiscated Southern coastland.—
Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin,
WSJ,
25 Mar. 2022
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Now, as spring has sprung on the Connecticut shoreline, yellow, red and white tulips tucked inside red, yellow and orange rain boots, along with gigantic orange and pink peonies, have sprouted in the 8-foot plate glass windows at Lily’s, 8 Post Office Square.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Just south of the beach at the Waukegan Harbor & Marina, Robbie Kutzler, the director of marketing and special events for the harbor, said a woman found two tires at the south end of the property near the shoreline.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Seaboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaboard. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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