Collocations for "shoring"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shoring" in context.
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shore
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [river, ocean] shore
- the shore of the [lake, river, ocean]
- a [rocky, sandy] shore
- the (whole) [length, width, breadth] of the shore
- the [northern, southern, eastern, western] shore
- [swam, waddled] to the shore
- was swept away from shore
- [headed, sailed] back to shore
- [kiosks, food trucks, restaurants, ice cream vans] by the shore
- washed up on the shore
- was washed to shore
- was [spotted, seen] just off the shore (of)
- was beached on the shore
- finally reached the shore
- went for a [stroll, walk, jog] by the shore
- [collect shells, build sandcastles] on the shore
- metal detectors [combining, searching] the shore (for)
- the [boulevard, promenade] runs alongside the shore
- sailed from shore to shore
- my native shores
- shore up [the defenses, a wall, the roof, your position]
- the [wall, roof] was shored up with [timbers, beams]
- shore it up [against]
- shore up [inflation, falling prices]
- [measures, initiatives, new laws] to shore up [inflation]
- shore up a [claim, story, finding]
- shore a [claim] up with [evidence, hard facts, proof]