lakeshore
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lakeshore
Example Sentences
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Among them: Why was there such a large basilica on the lakeshore rather than inside Nicaea’s city walls?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
It teemed with birds, beavers and tule elk, and sustained Yokut tribes who made their homes along the lakeshore and the rivers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
In fact, the footprints indicate these two species were walking along the lakeshore within hours or days of each other, according to a study published this week in Science that Feibel co-authored.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024
One day 1.5 million years ago, two or three individuals of our genus Homo walked along a muddy lakeshore.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024
He cast off his skis, for the lakeshore was rough going and bare of snow in places.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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