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Near or by the coast

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Usage examples (37)
  • Our quarry will be caught - but by subtler means than running alongshore in the rain.
  • If you take the word of those alongshore sharks against mine — 'the other began thickly.
  • Gadabout sidled to starboard, and grapnels were thrown up into the trees to hold her alongshore.
  • The depths vary from 20 to 45 fathoms, and the ground is still considered one of the best hake grounds alongshore.
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