| 单词 | coast |
| 例句 | McCandless spent the next six weeks on the move across the Southwest, traveling as far east as Houston and as far west as the Pacific coast. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Without any previous agreement, without knowing each other, they had arrived from the most distant corners of the coast, captivated by the talk of the jubilee. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, Milagro del Mar, on the northern coast. Yes, I see. I understand. Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z From Durban I drove south along the coast past Port Shepstone and Port St. Johns, small and lovely colonial towns that dotted the shimmering beaches fronting the Indian Ocean. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Zeitoun shook his head no, and coasted closer to the window where Frank had appeared. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z On October 29 fifty-mile-per-hour gale winds raked the outer coast of Washington; thirty- mile-per-hour winds tossed boats about on Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Within a few centuries, in one of the swiftest colonizing advances of recent prehistory, Bantu farmers had swept all the way to Natal, on the east coast of what is now South Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s an island off the coast of Africa,” I reply. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z A lecturer from a Court near the coast explains how things wither and die. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Churchill was on a torpedo boat that shelled the coast. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I figured if I crisscrossed Florida from coast to coast as if I were tying up the laces on a high-top sneaker I would eventually stumble on something juicy to write about. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z When Madame Villeneuve set off from the coast to visit Paris, she left Pauline in a convent. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I look around to make sure the coast is clear, and then put my ear against Mae’s door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Just short of the finish line, a gleaming white 250-foot coast guard cutter, the Champlain, was tied up in the shadow of an imposing grim, gray U.S. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The countless women he had known on the desert of love and who had spread his seed all along the coast had left no trace in his feelings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I crossed the Kargav, this time on lower passes, on a road that winds along above the coast of the southern sea. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He assigned most of the crew to catch and dry fish in one ship while he puttered up and down the coast with the other, bartering for furs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At the age of eleven, the twins won scholarships to a boarding school called Saint Hilda’s near the north coast. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I had coasted along the lower wall of the orchard—turned its angle: there was a gate just there, opening into the meadow, between two stone pillars crowned by stone balls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Frightful and Drum stopped in Cuba for ten days and along the northern coast of Florida for a week. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Or consider the Moche, leaders of a military state that overran much of the northern coast, submerging the identities of its victims in its own. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She was in Culpeper, Virginia, washing clothes in a hotel, when she learned that there was a colony of Negro farmers on an island off the coast of Virginia. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing,” she finally said, when she was satisfied the coast was clear. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Ripping off his helmet, Alvarez could see that he was a few hundred yards from the coast. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z That early date is suspiciously close to dates for the arrival of Near Eastern ironworking techniques in Carthage, on the North African coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Similar scenes were played out along the coasts of western Europe and northern Africa, with Galway City’s walls partially swept away and a tidal wave reaching as far west as Barbados. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I coasted off the road and pulled to within fifty feet of the godlike thing, so close that I had to throw back my head and raise my eyes to vertical to see its branches. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The King had been hunting the Questing Beast a few months earlier, on the south coast of Gramarye, when the animal had taken to the sea. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Just offshore the impact pushes the plate on the bottom of the Pacific down and under the advancing coast, creating a trench almost five miles deep. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In 1532 King Joao III of Portugal divided the coast of Brazil into fourteen provinces and dispatched colonists to each one. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The shoreline itself is swampy, but not far from the coast the country rises into a lush, fertile plateau. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There were rumors that all the Japanese on the coast were going to be forced to leave. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I am so ready to get down to the coast,” Miss Hilly say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The light breeze tickles the palm trees, and I can hear the crackle of the ocean from down the coast. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The crash had started on Wall Street, but it quickly brought down communities from coast to coast. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I led the way as we coasted by the parking meters along the edge of the beach. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “About halfway down the coast of Baja. Maybe two hundred and fifty miles south of San Diego.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z While the plane coasted off to make another turn, she covered Kapu with flakes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z These tough, dried-up men moved restlessly up the coast and down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her mother’s parents were both dead—Grandpa from being run over by a tractor while he was drunk, and Grandma from drowning in a giant wave off the coast of Hawaii. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It dawned on Ishmael, in the coast guard record room, that perhaps something pertinent to Kabuo’s case could be found right here among these files. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We coasted past our neighbors’ houses, dumped our bikes in my driveway, left Dad behind. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Out in the dark corridor, Harry examined the Marauder’s Map to check that the coast was still clear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We coasted by the entrance to Halibut Point State Park where, some nights, Fred’s sisters swam in the quarries. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Simple enough; but this trade up and down the Atlantic coast was part of a much larger world system. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Haas was standing midway up a sixty-foot hummock in a valley along the central coast of Peru, about 130 miles north of Lima. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I just go for the popcorn and wait till the coast is clear in the halls. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Scattered thunderstorms pummeled Florida’s east coast, with wind gusts up to fifty miles per hour. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The towns of the East Forest, from Ovark to the coast, had gathered their men and sent them against the invaders of Gont. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They peeked out of the window of the bus, and saw that the coast was clear. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The walrus had all but vanished from the coast; the gray whales were rare, and the seals were few and far between. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But Austronesian languages are spoken in a narrow strip immediately on the north and southeast coasts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The land in the scopes’ view was all a blur of vegetation and selfsame coast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We could have been twenty miles off the Brooklyn coast for all we knew, or twenty from Boston, or two hundred from nowhere. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the Macassans thus came only in small numbers and for temporary visits and never penetrated inland, just a few groups of Australians on a small stretch of coast were exposed to them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In May, 1862, she boarded the Atlantic, a Government transport, headed for Beaufort, which is located on Port Royal, one of the Sea Islands, off the coast of South Carolina. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, on Wednesday, June 17, a German U-boat surfaced off the coast of Florida in Ponte Vedra, near Jacksonville. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He let the migrant stay for an hour, until he was sure the coast was clear. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He became a familiar sight in Ayemenem, coasting importantly down the narrow road in his wide car, looking outwardly elegant but sweating freely inside his woollen suits. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Had the birds been blown over from the coast of South America and then diverged as they lived and died. generation after generation, on the islands? he wondered. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He sailed on between the two, and as the afternoon darkened with storm-clouds coming up from the north he came to shore, on the southern coast of the west isle. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z You think you’re coasting, that somehow being in here has become normal. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In July 1786, almost a year after setting sail, he reached the coast of Alaska, a place now called Lituya Bay. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was when Turner saw them: great mounds of water moving between him and the shoreline, following the coast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It wasn’t far over the blacked-out villages of southern England before they reached the coast. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The only difference was that he took his ship to Malaga, on Spain’s Mediterranean coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "It says here that you are charged with delivering oil to Japanese submarines off the coast of California." Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They coasted in, and the exhausted bats simply landed on their bellies and slid along the floor until they stopped. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Bearing clubs, spears, bows, lances, slings, and copper axes, brilliant in cloaks of feathers and silver breastplates, their faces painted in terrifying designs, the Inka army plunged into the forests of the northern coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He means our country beginning to prosper, Free Zones going up everywhere, the coast a clutter of clubs and resorts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when I was old enough, we’d swim at the Wynnum Wading Pool—a massive ocean pool on the coast fed by the water coming in at high tide. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He derived that scant information by word of mouth, mainly from an envoy who had visited Pizarro’s force for two days while it was en route inland from the coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He tried to get to the good tides along the coast. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “She... out a town. Down at the coast. For a—a—” My mind’s pedaling a thousand miles an hour trying to come up with details. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Archaeologists excavating 30,000-year-old Sapiens sites in the European heartland occasionally find there seashells from the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After a good hour they turned off the coast road and followed a narrow, winding lane through a valley gray with buildings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z So, when the backwash spewed him up again, he swam out and along, and scanned the coast for some landspit that made a breakwater. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The blackout helped protect the U.S. ships that were out at sea, patrolling the coast for any lurking German U-boats. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z As he crouched in the darkness the young fox decided that the coast was now clear. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It occurs to Celia that she has never been farther than a hundred yards off the coast of Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They pushed it out to the highway and coasted in gear until it started. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited until I thought the coast was really clear, and then one Sunday, without telling anyone, I got up hours before dawn and took off for the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Our goal, the rutted coast of mainland Wales, was somewhere before us but only dimly visible, an inky smudge squatting along the far horizon. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And stretched before her in the distance, like a faraway coast, she saw a high wall that seemed to glow. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “West. To the coast. Thirty miles or so.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The deluge slowed, the clouds circled counterclockwise, and a flock of spotted sandpipers blew in from the coast. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Don’t you dare come back till I say the coast is clear!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I grab Kelton’s backpack, empty out the school stuff, then, making sure the coast is clear, I go to the bookcase near the stairs—the entrance to the safe room. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They had decided that to reach the coast, they needed him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I thought the coast was clear when I grabbed it, but Martín shot me a dirty look and barked at me to get back to work. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They kept to the coast for several miles, sometimes struggling over ice and snow, sometimes trudging through deep sand and around rocks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Pizarro had similarly grim luck when he landed on the coast of Peru in 1531 with 168 men to conquer the Inca Empire of millions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He emigrated aboard the Mayflower, which anchored off the coast of Massachusetts on November 9,1620. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was still raining as they coasted along the steep lane that wound down the cliff side to St. Catherine’s Bay. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The names gathered first on the African coast in tens of thousands of manifests. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mam whispers,The coast is clear, go back to sleep.Ye can stay at home today. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Gene Johnson, poking his head around the comer of the building, reported that the coast was clear. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mark Antony landed at the city of Tyre on the Mediterranean coast, reports from the battlefield revealed a bad situation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When the sun rose, the men stared bleary-eyed at the coast of South Georgia. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Discovery started as a local concept, symbolized at first by the erecting of new ‘pillars of Hercules’ by Portuguese explorers advancing along the coasts of Africa. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If they’d washed up even a few miles farther up the coast they would have been done for. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She had whisked her sister across the ocean by jet and then made her scurry up and down the Pacific coast, back and forth across Los Angeles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The mynah lifted on a rise of warm air as it coasted over the garden wall, over the snapping electric wires and broken glass and machine guns. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, the coast is also walled off from moisture on the Pacific side, where the trade winds create a second rain shadow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I know some sailors say that any man who lays eyes upon that coast is doomed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now, again, return seemed easy: the high gods wound the wind into the east, and back he sailed, this time to his own coast. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We coast a bit more until the captain drops anchor, the chain rattling out until it pulls taut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Many ships have been swallowed up and lost forever on this part of the coast, and all the men who were in them as well. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He looked around to make sure the coast was clear. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined myself riding around the world, flying to the moon, coasting down the Milky Way. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “All the coast. You and your family will be in my prayers.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z However, the rocky coasts of Easter, Pitcairn, and the Marquesas, and the steeply dropping ocean bottom and absence of coral reefs around those islands, are much less productive of seafood. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But all too soon Dustfinger told her to turn off along a minor road leading away from the coast, away from the sea and the brightly colored houses, and into the dark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The highest population densities of Aborigines were in Australia’s wettest and most productive regions: the Murray-Darling river system of the Southeast, the eastern and northern coasts, and the southwestern corner. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I coughed loudly to let the Colonel know the coast was clear. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I could see swarms of Russians plowing into East Prussia toward the coast of the Baltic Sea, flattening Germany’s Wehrmacht, and all of us, in the process. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z By the last centuries B.C. the advancing Bantu had reached the East African coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After following the coast for several hours, Nhamo believed that she had reached the true shore and not another island. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I rather liked the storms that came rumbling up the coast, but the biggest of the nor’easters were frightening, and we always spent them with Miss Maggie, hunkered down. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In mid-1775 someone in Bermuda, a British colony off the coast of North Carolina, reported that the royal arsenal at St. George’s Island, Bermuda, was full of gunpowder and had no guards around it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time of Christ, cereals of Fertile Crescent origin were growing over the 8,000-mile expanse from the Atlantic coast of Ireland to the Pacific coast of Japan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead of only one day, they now had almost two weeks to work over the coast of Guam. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z After our stopover in Cape May we came right up the New Jersey coast. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The most extreme losses of technology in the Australian region took place on the island of Tasmania, 130 miles off the coast of southeastern Australia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z To the west, you could see all the way to the ocean, where an old-looking ship rigged with giant, complicated sails glided down the coast. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They worshipped figures in Staff God poses, lived in networks of vertical exchange, and had public architecture with designs based on templates from the coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z While the Irukandji lives in large numbers off the coast of Australia, Irukandji-like symptoms have been experienced as far north as the British Isles, and in Hawaii, Florida, and Japan. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We rounded the bend onto Main Street, past the bookstore, and coasted down the hill. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They coasted down the lane and out onto the frozen pond in the pasture. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Below her blazes the route she has worked out on the map for herself, north of the city through the mountains to the coast. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Hatsue brought out the coast guard notes and, smoothing them down with the palm of her hand, laid them in the center of his desk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She coasted for a bit and then began to pump her legs, rising higher and higher. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z More than anything, that was what my newly enlisted father, Seaman 2nd Class Milton Stephanides, looked like as he bounced in a landing craft off the California coast in the fall of 1944. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I’ve been home from my fourth first date with Arthur for a couple hours now, but I’m still coasting on my happy high. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z EST, a boat off the coast of Maryland becomes trapped in ice. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It was a while before they were comfortable that the coast was clear. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Then she’d come back in close and follow the coast, maybe row all the way to Portland, maybe even to Boston. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Up and down the coast, we were to learn, there were preparations for war. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z From coast to coast, restaurants and bars marked the end of legal drinking by giving customers free glasses of whiskey and other alcoholic beverages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z From here I looked down on the harbor and farther on along the coast to the spit that thrust out like a fishhook into the ocean. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked to the right and to the left, to the right and to the left again, being extra careful, waiting for the coast to be clear. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z My finger skims the cities of Yangon, near the coast, and Mandalay, the darker mountainous region farther north. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He coasted away from his home, passing over bicycles and cars, their antennae scraping the bottom of his canoe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Still moving slowly, the hurricane was heading up the coast with winds over one hundred miles per hour. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Uncle Oscar, for some reason, headed west for La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast, while my father remained in Paris for the time being. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why were you forced to flee your island after your house was bombed? And why did you run into the woods instead of following the coast?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He coasted to a stop and then turned to me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She loves especially to hear about the dark coasts of South America with their impenetrable walls of trees and offshore breezes full of the stink of rotting kelp and the cries of whelping seals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They set off in a new direction, along the ridge above the coast to the north. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A coast guard vessel patrolled the racing lanes, her crew sounding a siren and barking orders through megaphones, keeping the lanes clear of small craft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “We’re not far from the Italian coast,” Percy said, mostly to break the silence. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll bet the coast guard is on its way to rescue us right now.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z By the time of the epidemic, a rising proportion of the shipping traffic along the New England coast was of indigenous origin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It would be good to drive out to the coast guard station, too, and get a full storm report, the speed of the wind, the height of the tides, the rate of snowfall. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I throw open my closet door to grab a hoodie, pulling it on and peering out at the nurses’ station to see if the coast is clear. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He did not want to leave for Parthia without a strong naval force in place to patrol and protect the eastern Mediterranean coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He brought the hovercar down, coasted above the surface for a time. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He decided there was something more beautiful than an off-course projectile: the Athena Parthenos gleaming in the sunrise, flying in from the coast, suspended from the tethers of six winged horses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “But I’m Mr. Popper, and these are my Performing Penguins, famous from coast to coast.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z When I got going fast enough, I would let go of the trigger and coast. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She coasted down to the roof of a small cabin. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When the coast was clear, she started to run across the sidewalk. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And when the autumn storms came howling, the coast got sleet and hail and freezing rain rather than snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The third, called relocation, was just opening up: interned citizens who could find a job and a sponsor somewhere inland, away from the west coast, were beginning to trickle out of camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She took us to the ocean, to a windswept place of sandy islands off the Georgia coast. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Nana filled the courtroom with stories about the time she caught a shark off the coast of Key West, and the time she single-handedly uncovered a plot to murder the pope. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They would not take the coast route along mountainsides that dropped into the sea—the way her children, who liked carnival rides, would want to go. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But by the mid-1970s, we noticed that not only were planes flying over our heads, but helicopters on their way to and from the tankers that sailed off the coast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were sharks off the coast, everybody knew that. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I tried to downshift, and the car made this horrible grinding sound, but somehow I recovered and before long we were coasting into the drive-thru lane. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Fearing another landing of more Nazis, the coast guardsmen moved behind the sand dunes with orders to resist an invasion. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z So he went to the coast and sent Christmas cards. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z By the night of July 21, the boys could see the glimmer of lighthouses on the southwest coast of Ireland. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When the coast had been clear, he’d snuck out of the apartment and hidden in the trunk of the taxi, which he’d unlocked earlier. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She is Roman Catholic, born on the coast of Brittany. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Say three hundred and fifteen miles, at least, southwest of the California coast, to where he sat right now, rolling heavily in a boat half full of water. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z On either hand the coast stretched away, headland after headland, and at the points you could see the white foam running up the rocks but making no noise because it was so far off. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The down side is a fast, easy coast. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He noticed her on the docks at Alligator Pond, a fishing village on the south coast. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Down on the water, the ship was still there, shifted by the tide, but so tangled in the rocks that it hadn’t fled down the coast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But Mr. Greenbaum was somewhere in Hollywood, out on the Pacific coast, and the Poppers had no idea how to reach him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z In hundreds of little towns and big cities from coast to coast, kids were using the new word, and parents and teachers were trying to stop it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The old story. A sailor passing by the coast of Ephesos heard a voice crying from the shore, ‘Tell them the great god Pan is dead.’” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This novel form of protectionism was never put into place. once grew wild along the continent’s Pacific and Atlantic coasts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Earlier, I thought I’d heard a door shut, but when I looked now, the coast was clear. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It is in Bournemouth, on the southern coast of England, just a few minutes walk from the sea of the English Channel. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Matt, you wait here a few minutes. When the coast is clear, come out wherever you went in,” said the bodyguard. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Astonishingly, it also swept westward across the Indian Ocean to the east coast of Africa, resulting in the colonization of the island of Madagascar. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Ben said, beginning a conversation he had fantasized when his father was flying from the carrier off the French coast. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Closer you get to the coasts,” Clarence whispered, pointing east, west, and then north, “the more water’s left that can be drunk. The middle grounds?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The same may have been true on the Atlantic coast of Europe, where local hunter-gatherers apparently adopted Southwest Asian sheep and cereals over the course of many centuries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sure they’re sitting off the coast,” Milton now, “what do you expect? The Junta comes in and throws Makarios out. So the Turks are getting anxious. It’s a volatile situation.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In coming days, trenches were dug along the California coast, and schools in Oakland were closed. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Breakfast!” he hollered as he coasted by, beaning her on the forehead with a plastic-wrapped muffin. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was sailing to an uncharted coast, in an untried ship. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z With my plans solidly made, I released the brake and we began coasting down the slope. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Roast Missionary, à la Dahomey, west coast of Africa. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They set up camps all along the west coast of Greece to create a supply chain heading south. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was being said that I loved playing “coast- to-coast Mr. Big Shot.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the vague outline of a coast appeared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The coast guardsmen searched the beach, but the saboteurs were gone too. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I wasn't sure it was a good idea, but the day was warm and the coast was so close, I couldn't resist. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Long before they reached the coast their stores were all but gone. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z As soon as the coast was clear, he sent their report, outlining all they’d learned: Mr. Curtain called the thing to come the Improvement, it was coming very soon, and Messengers wouldn’t be needed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z From the Pacific coast they turned east again, to cross the continent. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Black skies, bitter winds, and lashing rains had hounded them all the way down the coast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then the cars would continue by rail to the coast, where the barrels would be transferred to a ship and taken across the North Sea to Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought it was one of the states in the middle of the country, but if we were going to an island, then it had to be on the coast. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z On moonless nights the men and boys of Jableh, a dusty fishing town on the coast of Syria, would gather their lanterns and set out in their quietest boats. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I saw his sail as he tacked up the coast,” she said of the day Osh arrived on our island. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Now the ship that had plundered and pillaged up and down the east coast of the American colonies was sinking under the relentless attack of a British man-o’-war that had chased it upriver. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes ships caught on the Teeth if they weren’t familiar with the local coast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We had just passed Hawaii and here came the California coast, visible from Alaska to Mexico, and my bacon cubes not yet finished. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Black Cave was on the south coast of the island, near the place where the canoes were stored. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The north coast of Africa was where they finally beached their ships. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A car painted a brilliant, glittering blue appeared on the horizon and pulled into the driveway and coasted to a stop. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He had lightning eyes, and was not a hero or monster but lived on an island off the coast of Victarea, the hero borough. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z As he said this a mottled-green, 1953 Chevy pickup with a three-legged German shepherd riding atop the cab rattled down the road, coasting to a stop behind the police car. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To review the possibility of stealing a skiff, of sailing the coast instead, or of walking the jungle and swamp route...but they had no supplies to make that run. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “From here to the coast of Santa Barbara—twenty leagues away?” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The whaling stations on the island were all on the northeast coast. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The monks arrived as early as the fifth and sixth centuries a.d., having sailed and rowed from the west coast of Ireland. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a secondary site not far from here, just off the southeast coast. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I never told her what I wanted to give as my answer, that I would choose whichever coast my brother happened to be hiding on or locked in a basement near or buried under. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z As the Maddox had plowed through international waters off the North Vietnamese coast in the Gulf of Tonkin, three North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked the ship. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z By now, the mountain surge had drawn all the water along the entire coast of Maine up into itself, and it was no longer wallowing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z To make sure that the coast was clear, as they say. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z La Push is the tiny Indian reservation on the coast. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Holly followed the Italian coast up to Monaco, and from there across the Alps to France. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I coast past the tall Lamar Life building, through the yellow blinking streetlights. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Soon they were heading south along the coast, watching the landscape go by. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The boy took one look back to the bakery as if checking that the coast was clear, then, his attention back on the pig, he threw a loaf of bread in my direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Lourdes tries for nearly an hour to telephone her mother in Santa Teresa del Mar, but the operator tells her that the rains have knocked out the phone lines on the northwest coast of Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Expensive hotels line the coasts, but the town center doesn’t cater to tourists too much. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z However, archaeological excavations, and scrutiny of descriptions left by the very first European explorers on our coasts, now suggest an initial number of around 20 million Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, I only had two months of school left, and I’d already earned enough credits to graduate, even if I coasted from here on out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We live, at least in the summertime, on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The slavers brought him to an island off the Georgia coast and hid him there till he got bought for Mr. Bubba Tate; that’s how he ended up in Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Their destined home was on the west coast, somewhat to the north, but they must by no means take the shortest way and go up between Sicily and Italy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’ll take the bus back to the coast if you don’t hurry' up. I’m getting indigestion from this office.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He coasted on downwinds, rode like a water skier on turbulent winds, and soared on light breezes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I navigated the winding highway as I’d done numberless times before, racing down the Bear River Hill, coasting through the flat stretch parallel to Fivemile Creek. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The new lifestyle appeared first on the north coast of Japan’s southwesternmost island of Kyushu, immediately across Tsushima Strait from South Korea. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This grand Indian irrigation system near Pisco, a coastal town south of Lima, fell to developers’ bulldozers—the photograph dates from 1931. back from the coasts, which were now lined with farms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The two of them traveled by boat along the coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Pacific is my home ocean; I knew it first, grew up on its shore, collected marine animals along the coast. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Not because of the physical hardships: he had been through worse times on fishing trips down the coast of Mexico. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z While the coast was clear, I decided to re-enter the coal shed and tell Schwarz of our plan for next Thursday. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The car coasted to a stop along the gravelly roadside. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Because seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere, spring was well under way as the coast of South America slipped away to the northwest. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Threads of red light ascend from anti-air emplacements up and down the coast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Fred and I coasted downhill, whirring like ghosts as we curved right at the fork. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The coast is clear, so I run out and grab the painting from the backseat. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When the coast was clear, I moved quickly before I could lose my nerve. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “But people will just move away from the coast,” Alex said, trying to sound calm and rational, trying not to think of his father. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Now the dome of heat extended from coast to coast and far north into Canada. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They decided to take a chance on the east coast. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z After what seemed like an eternity, Gregor felt Ares coasting in for a landing. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Navy divers, or "frogmen," used a mini-submarine to place a "pod" on an important Soviet underwater communications cable in the Sea of Okhotsk, north of Japan and near the eastern coast of the Soviet Union. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The Italian merchants sometimes sailed across the Mediterranean Sea to Syria, where they could buy black pepper that had been grown on the southwest coast of India. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The coast guard boat fell farther and farther behind. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Therefore, when an embassy arrived from Aeneas asking for a narrow resting place upon the coast and the common liberty of air and water, Latinus received them with great good will. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Baby tarpon are abundant in all that labyrinth of mangrove-lined streams and canals bordering the lower third of the western coast of Florida. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He subsisted exclusively on rice and eagles’ blood, in a tiny cottage with an underground gymnasium and shooting range, on the stormy coast of Tibet. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Finally, I decided the coast was probably clear, so I tiptoed upstairs. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The process was helped along by a party Loomis threw that weekend at the Del Monte Lodge in Monterey, a few hours down the coast from Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Last stop along the coast, like you guys said.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z For a minute I thought it was the replica of a lounge in a guest house I visited once on an island off the coast of Maine. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When he was satisfied that the coast was clear he struggled painfully clear of the grisly carcass that had once been his mother. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Back at the studio I call him, counting the hours backward to the coast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On the weekends our Moroccan friends would take us surfing, and we would go on train trips up and down the coast. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My stomach lifted and I was dizzy as we coasted down the back of the wave. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t after anything in particular and I didn’t go up as far as the coast. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She headed for the exit, stopping briefly to check if the coast was clear. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I finally reach the top, pass the red neon eyesore, and coast down Overlook Road, past my house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes, thought about the mountains on the coast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Would she miss the rolling blue hills of Virginias Piedmont, or fall in love with the great expanse of the Chesapeake Bay and the many rivers, inlets, and wetlands that embroidered the Virginia coast? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Our battleships are sitting off the coast to intimidate the Greeks,” Jimmy Fioretos was yelling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dinwiddie believed that France was trying to keep the British colonists pinned to the Atlantic coast. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nonsense. Do you know how many villages there are along this coast?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Once clear of the European coast,” said Buxton, “you and the scientist will be dropped to one of our submarines, which will take you aboard for return to the United States.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This city could have been dropped onto any American coast and nobody would have batted an eye. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I want to drive to the coast any coast. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z While Johnson leaned over the table to look, McNamara pointed out potential targets for an American air strike, mainly North Vietnamese torpedo boat bases along the coast. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He had enough experience on the coast to have the sense of it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Bananas, Asian yams, and taro were already widespread in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1400s, and Asian rice was established on the coast of East Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “No, I suppose not,” said Colonel Julyan, “it must be very cosmopolitan. The coast is pretty though, isn’t it?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Five pickups have coasted silently up to the cemetery with their lights out, filled with municipal police. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I threw myself down to the second floor and then to the bottom, gave a quick glance between the boards on the doorway to see if the coast was clear, and slipped out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The sun was already setting beyond the San Francisco coast, so the cranes gleamed from the powerful lights that illuminated the structures. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When she was sure the coast was clear, she beckoned to Werfel and Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “And none of his kind would complain. Even if they did, who would listen? Half that coast has been given up as drowned wilderness. Just malaria and convicts now.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Huge tapestries depicting landscapes hung on three walls: green farming valleys, the wild coast of the sea, and the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The nation couldn’t get enough of it, and the show was a sellout from coast to coast. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the coast is not a classic, Sahara-style desert of sand dunes and scorching sun. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They, his foster parents Frank and Cora Mercer, had found him floating on an inflated rubber air-rescue raft, off the coast of New England...or had it been Mexico, near the port of Tampico? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The Aurora team would also trek inland, laying down stores of food for Shackleton’s group to pick up and use on their final run to the coast. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He has found a new job, not in Paris or the Netherlands, not in art or preaching, but in teaching, at a boys’ boarding school run by a minister on the eastern coast of England. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Ash Wednesday before they went back to scatter out along the coast, Amaranta got them to put on Sunday clothes and accompany her to church. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She was born in Lowe River in the tiny parish of Trelawny, Jamaica, hours away from the tourist traps that line the coast. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was nearly wrecked in a hurricane off the African coast. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He trailed after her along the coast of Greece, with one-quarter of his fleet following behind, leaving his men to protect his interests, defend his claim, and die in battle without him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Breton spring, and a great onslaught of damp invades the coast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She drove us, for a fee, to a tent labor camp on the outskirts of Guadalupe, a small town on the coast. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Of course. With coast guard and with planes.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the coast as much as we could because then we could sleep on the beach where nobody would bother us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Almost nothing is left for the Peruvian coast, which sits in the mountains’ rain shadow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At Aberdeen, on the coast, winds hit ninety miles per hour. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was a popular coast for invasions, therefore heavily guarded. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Navy destroyer and two coast guard cutters had taken up positions among the usual flotilla of yachts, sailboats, launches, dinghies, and canoes assembling near the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z To prove her point, a lacquered strand flew stiffly out in the breeze as they roared out onto the coast highway. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ares and Aurora coasted over to it and landed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If Dasch were to follow the captain of the U-boat's orders and overpower the coast guardsman, he would have to lure him to the dinghy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Endive and spinach escaped from colonial gardens and grew into impassable, six-foot thickets on the Peruvian coast; thousands of feet higher, mint overwhelmed Andean valleys. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To one he said, “I think they have gone south along the coast to escape the evil that was on them.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Breakfast!” he hollered as he coasted by, beaning her on the forehead with a plastic-wrapped muffin. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We were heading up the coast along the North Sea, the sun hanging low in the west-sky and sea and sand all gold, gold light all around us. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The murky visibility was making it nearly impossible for rookie coast guardsman John Cullen to do his job. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Jones tells them to wait, then walks ahead to make sure the coast is clear. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z To omit the comma after “detour” would have the sentence suddenly coasting at speed again instead of slowing to the final halt. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z He liked to sail mostly in coastal waters, up and down the coast to visit the small California towns, and probably just hadn’t thought of being out very far. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Three excruciatingly long, hot nights later, with still no word from Yule May or any other maids, Stuart comes over, straight from his meeting on the coast. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “There’s been an increase in recorded white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod. It’s possible that some of them are traveling farther north.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But the coast of North America lay effectively beyond the reach of ships sailing directly from Norway itself, given Norse ship technology of the period A.D. 986-1410. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z To wear a false name galls me, but nothing else would save me, or get me dear across the width of Orgoreyn to the coast of the Western Sea. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a barnacle that he had found on the southern coast of Chile. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just a teenager when he left the Greek island of Chios, a few miles off the coast of Turkey. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z People came from James-burg to see him and from down the coast as far as Grimes Point. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever their reasons, they took their considerable earnings, loaded up with provisions in the Paradise Islands off the coast of Oxscini, and set a course for the blue and boundless west. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He got his first glimpse of the northern coast late in the afternoon, but Specht decided to wait until dusk to make land in hopes the twilight would lend them some cover. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He thought maybe down the coast a bit, maybe straight out from Los Angeles, because the storm had blown him south a bit as well as out to sea. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first half hour I obediently herringboned up a small slope, pushed off with my poles and coasted straight down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The peninsula jutted out from the main coast in an isolated place where time didn't matter, for nothing changed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Behind him, Radar sat up, waited till the coast was clear, then climbed across the arms of the sofa and straight back into the big, comfy chair. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Now, 60,000 Japanese Americans were returning to their former communities on the west coast and being put into trailer camps, Quonset huts, back rooms of private homes, church social halls, anywhere they could fit. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I could make it come in to the shore beneath the coast.’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s moved to Ramsgate, England, a seaside town on the far east coast of England, south of Margate, north of Sandwich, near where the North Sea meets the Strait of Dover. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Actium was a Roman colony on the Ionian coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To Moseley, the fish bones suggested that the ample protein on the coast allowed people to go inland and build irrigation networks to produce the cotton needed to expand fishing production. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The outline of the West African coast stood out vividly in his mind. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z That "something” is that, according to Daniel H. Sandweiss of the University of Maine, "the incredibly rich ocean off this incredibly impoverished coast was the critical factor.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The reporter asked Sookie if he had ever seen a great white in all of his years of fishing off the Massachusetts coast, and Sookie said, “Nope. Only in the movies.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In October or November 1532, the victors stopped outside the small city of Cajamarca, where they learned that pale, hairy people who sat on enormous animals had landed on the coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Rounded Cape Horn, the coast of Brazil, stopped for carnival in Port-of-Spain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Youzek, Hela, the Gamzers, and I had an emotional farewell before I boarded the train that would take me to the coast, where I would catch a ship to the United States. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He felt as light as a hawk coasting the upper air over the oasis. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The howling winds were driving them straight toward the rocky coast. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “It has been centuries since White Harbor has seen any wildlings, and the ironmen have never troubled this coast. Does Lord Stannis propose to defend us from snaiks and dragons too?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “From Troy, the coasts of Troy to Italy.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He can walk about three miles to the North Sea coast and stroll on the beach and into the sand dunes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The live fish were specially ordered and were brought all the way from the coast in tank cars and glass boxes to 432 Proudfoot Avenue. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The coast guard vessel was definitely on our tail now. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Then she was posted to RAF Maidsend, an operational base for a squadron of new Spitfire fighter planes, not far from Canterbury, near the Kentish coast. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z If a gyptian body floated ashore down the coast, or got snagged in a fishnet, well—it was only a gyptian. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Sticky climbed onto the television, made sure the coast was clear, and began flashing a message. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z According to the German news, British paratroopers have landed on the coast of France. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The Basque established their secret sacred fishing grounds off the coast of Newfoundland twelve hundred years back. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The coast guard banned fishing on the west side of the island and bore down on gill-netters in the middle of the night who had set nets near restricted areas. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They clung together like survivors of a shipwreck, shivering on a desolate coast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And very suspicious of Dasch for not following orders to kill the coast guardsman. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He decided that a fortune could be made catching shrimp and abalone off the coast of Mexico, then bringing it back to dry and sell in southern California. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The merchant describes an already thriving sea trade connecting India and Egypt with the coast of East Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They came in to port at Orrimy on the east shore of the great land Hosk, for these trade-galleys of the Inmost Sea keep to the coasts and lie overnight in harbor whenever they can. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Said I was too spiky to eat, so they dragged the Vole family off and I lay still until the coast was clear. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Who knows what a man might meet, out there? Not we, who keep always to our coasts and shores.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Jo-jo had brought it with her from the west, where revolution was sparking along the ragged coast. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Along the coast, where Tisquantum and Massasoit lived, villages often were smaller and looser, though no less permanent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Off the southeastern coast of Iceland sits a low barrier island called Papos. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sir Will waited until he was sure the coast was clear before popping out of the air vent onto the main storeroom floor. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As the Portuguese navigators explored the coast of Africa they charted and named it, often borrowing names from the local peoples, or using the names of saints. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There was a single chair in the room, carefully positioned in the precise place that Dragons tone occupied off the coast of Westerns, and raised up to give a good view of the tabletop. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Of this he told his wife, and told how later he heard the choir of maddening Seirenes, coasted the Wandering Rocks, Kharybdis’ pool and the fiend Skylla who takes toll of men. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman drove all night, and at dawn we reached a tent labor camp on the outskirts of Guadalupe, a small town on the coast. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At the two- mile mark, Morry barked out, “Way ’nuffi” and now two full lengths ahead of both other boats, the freshmen pulled up, let their oars ride the water, and coasted to a stop. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I kept going farther and farther up the east coast,” he said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The fog blew in from the coast and blanketed the fields. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z We coasted for a few yards in silence before the car stopped. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought I had a real shot at being a starter, but next week was too important to coast through. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Levy's Lodge—that was what the sign at the coast road said—was a Xanadu of the senses; within its insulated walls there was something that could gratify anything. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was after midnight when the gray U-boat surfaced off the coast of Amagansett, Long Island. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “I heard another boy disappeared this week, just down the coast,” she whispered, glancing sideways to see if anyone was eavesdropping. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z That he was from a country not well known for its coast made his achievements all the more remarkable. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z These epidemics had been transmitted from coastal Indians infected by Spaniards visiting the coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z From where we live now, in the California coast town of Santa Cruz, it’s a full day’s drive. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The transcribed transmissions had gone into a manila folder, and the folder had gone into a file cabinet in a room stuffed full of coast guard records. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We began to descend towards the coast, the roadside growing more populous, the smell of the ocean in the air. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The coast guard kept the clockworks greased, and the lenses revolved twice each minute. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A town on the northern coast of France? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He found Ollie one day while skin diving off the coast of Greece. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Shay shook her head, still coasting gradually away on the breeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Those rafts sailed with the wind along the Pacific coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Eighteen planes had let down through a beaming white cloud off the coast of Elba one afternoon on the way back from the weekly milk run to Parma; seventeen came out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Only the trader on the coast remains, and even he is not the same white man, year in and year out We know because we send him women. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When Cortes and his bedraggled adventurers landed on the Mexican coast in 1519, they might have been driven into the sea by thousands of Aztec cavalry mounted on domesticated native American horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That night we spotted lights on the coast, but still didn't know our exact location. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I kept thinking about the U-boats off our coast and those lake tankers with barefooted Chinese sailors on board. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There were but few lights in sight at sea, for even the coasting steamers, which usually “hug” the shore so closely, kept well to seaward, and but few fishing-boats were in sight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He would rent a car, devour the surrounding towns, explore the coast, visit famed mosques, meet women who would beg him to stay. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They coasted toward the front door and heard the voice again: “Help me.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There had been its original purchase by an American millionaire who was crazy about yachting—and an account of the luxurious modern house he had built on this little island off the Devon coast. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I waved at Geneva and then fell on my sled in the tire tracks and slid quickly down the mountain, coasting all the way to the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She gently traced a finger along the eastern coast. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I double-check that the coast is clear before stomping on the balloon to pop it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The coast guard lighthouse on the rocks at Point White was a tower built out of reinforced concrete that rose a hundred feet above the sea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The announcer was saying something about the Isle of Wight and the Normandy coast and Royal Air Force bombers attacking enemy coast-defense guns and United States Air Force bombers attacking shore defenses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He was sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch of a house on the California coast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When one arm was pointing to the coast and the other was pointing in the direction the bird was taking, she cut off the remainder of the strip. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, he worked harder in the weight room than Boobie and didn’t coast on his natural strength. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The cedars that had once grown tall along the coast grew no more, felled by the axes of the Old Empire or consumed by dragonfire when Ghis made war against Valyria. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They continued to build their churches in village greens dotting the coast, but found it difficult to progress into the interior of the country. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Spirit Bears five hundreds of miles south of here off the coast of British Columbia, not here in these islands.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I went for a bike ride with June yesterday and laughed while I was coasting down Tanglewood Hill. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As Elizebeth later explained, the Atlantic coast alone, “with its coves and inlets, its chopped waterline, with its many secluded spots where boats might secretly dock and unload, created a problem which defied description.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Many game songs originated in the Georgia Sea Islands, a series of over 100 islands off the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I’ll call him tonight from the coast. There’s nothing to worry about. They can’t sue me for a half million for a letter I didn’t write.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It took two more days of travel to reach the cliffs that overlooked Djerholm, but the going was easier as they moved south and toward the coast. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The man looked both ways as if to make sure the coast was clear, then stepped outside into the freezing cold and started shovelling his way down the pavement. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Afghanistan was landlocked, with the nearest coast lying along the Arabian Sea three hundred miles to the south. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Swallowing their disappointment, they bore away from the dangerous coast to wait out the night. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z They played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on a pale yellow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “A sailor off the coast of Ephesos heard a mysterious voice crying out from the shore, ‘Tell them that the great god Pan has died!’ The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He would read about the housing shortage all along the west coast, brought on by wartime population growth, and he would throw the paper down in disgust. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time of the Pilgrims, fields of mixed maize, beans, and squash lined the New England coast and in many places extended for miles into the interior. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A wave kicked up, but he hung on, and soon the house was drifting down the New Meadows, heading out to the coast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “You’re going to MIT. I’m going to Stanford. Those are on opposite coasts.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I know you’d love this coast as much as I do. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Then I go out of here, see if the coast is clear, and give you a signal from the window.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The rocking and pitching reminded her of surfing with her dad off the California coast. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Liyana felt as invisible and happy as she used to feel coasting on her bike. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “The Navy captured a rebel ship off the coast of New Haven, filled with sheep and beeves.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Having served enough time in Atlanta with her volunteer work, Mother has moved to the Georgia coast, to a hamlet of hoary little brick houses on Sanderling Island. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered how long before we reached the coast and if maybe I should’ve gone to the bathroom before leaving. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Lillian knew about marshes from girlhood summers spent on the Georgia coast. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry coasted the Ford down the Finch driveway and brought it to a stop under the chinaberry trees. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He succeeded in imposing his authority over the career officers in a wide sector along the coast. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z An obvious example on the southern coast is the Nazca, famous for the huge patterns they set into the ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As a teenager Mahmoud began crewing on shipping routes between Lebanon and Syria, on large sail-powered cargo boats, bringing timber to Damascus and other cities along the coast. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Even primitive boats,” Fladmark has written, “could traverse the entire Pacific coast of North and South America in less than 10-15 years.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Buried in the grounds of a farmhouse near the East Anglian coast, just where someone had told them to look. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Alvarez had a clear view of the rocky coast, dotted with islands. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We were headed downhill, so I reasoned that with any luck we might coast right up to Calexico—or at least to the guard. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "Going to coast for a bit," Beck said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been two years since we left our home on the west coast of Ireland. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In 1835, the ship left Lima, on the coast of Peru, and headed toward a lonely spray of charred volcanic islands west of Ecuador—the Galápagos. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then, still not speaking, they returned to the coast and took separate ships home. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The deep-laden boats pull in against the coast where the canneries dip their tails into the bay. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But in emergency situations, a coast guard helicopter crew risks their own lives to save the passengers of a sinking ship. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was the first race of its kind on the Syrian coast, and eighteen-year-old Mohammed followed every step, from the preparations to the race itself. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, he stopped actively pulling and simply took in the line as they coasted toward him. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias and the squirrel waited until they were sure the coast was clear. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The early afternoon skies were blue above the coast of North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She would smoke it to make it lighter to carry, pack it, and walk on to the coast. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Further, as a precautionary measure for those in the occupied territories, everyone living within a zone of twenty miles from the coast was warned to prepare for bombardments. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z By and by Rosellini left academia, departed Seattle, and drifted north up the coast through British Columbia and the Alaska panhandle. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, yeah,” Alex says, double-checking the coast is clear before grabbing Henry by the belt and backing into a stall. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I switch off the nebulizer and throw my legs over the bed, sliding into my shoes and peering into the hallway to make sure the coast is clear. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It was nearly dark, and they were traveling along the last stretch of inland water before reaching the coast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z My nautical senses told me we were somewhere off the coast of northern Florida, so we’d come a long way overnight, farther than any mortal ship should’ve been able to travel. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He climbed high, found a brisk wind, and sailed down the coast toward Florida. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He now had barely six weeks to prepare for the Candidates tournament to be held on the island of Curaçao, thirty-eight miles off the coast of Venezuela. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Evidently, those first Neolithic occupants of Taiwan had watercraft adequate for deep-sea fishing and for regular sea traffic across Taiwan Strait, separating that island from the China coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The storm curled along the coast like a question mark; all over the city people braced themselves. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we young Akhaians shipped for Troy I led men on nine cruises in corsairs to raid strange coasts, and had great luck, taking rich spoils on the spot, and even more in the division. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He would be in charge of Haupt when they landed off the Florida coast near Jacksonville. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Sophia’s husband was away on one of his trips to the coast when I told her and her sister. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire population would be driven to the coast. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z With desalination units being set up along the coast, she figures there’ll be enough water for everyone soon enough, so why not be generous? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z All along we have been headed roughly north by northwest and figure once we hit land we'll just follow the coast up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z As a teenager, I spent summer nights coasting around on my bicycle with friends, often well past midnight, miles in every direction. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The southernmost Bantu people, the Xhosa, stopped at the Fish River on South Africa’s south coast, 500 miles east of Cape Town. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to discuss a trouble spot of increasing concern to the United States: a mountainous, heavily forested country winding more than a thousand miles along the coast of Southeast Asia. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They found evidence of people living inland from the coast as early as 9210 b.c. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The streets curved up and around as the ground rose away from the coast like a spiral. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Fifty-two years later, off the coast of Cyprus, they also did nothing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z From there she proceeded around the Cornish coast to Plymouth and then across the channel to Le Havre, where she arrived early on the morning of July 22. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I see goats skipping along the rocky coast of Greece where the shepherds are blind because they married their mothers by mistake. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Next they sent a check to the company who had been shipping the fresh fish all the way from the coast. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “And they live toward the coast. There’s a lot of fruit there, mangoes and pineapples and bananas.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Next day the Trojans sailed up the coast of Italy looking for their promised home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The village of Kinvara isn’t named, but I rub the place where it belongs, right under Galway on the jagged line of the west coast. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He nodded at Hatsue, too, for just a moment, and then he sat down beside the electric heater again and took the coast guard notes between his fingers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They had just returned from their summer vacation on the Croatian coast. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That March Samoset—the third member of the triumvirate— appeared, having hitched a ride from his home in Maine on an English ship that was plying the coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I wait till the coast is clear and tuck the cash between my left arm and my rib cage, hidden by a layer of non- reflective flesh. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I swam back to the surf and coasted in, face down, on a big roller, then turned and swam, trying to keep in the trough and not have a wave break over me. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z At Quebrada Jaguay, a dry streambed on the nation’s southern coast that was one of the two sites described in Science, they dug up wedge clams and chased schools of six-inch drumfish with nets. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the sports car, as they drove through the salt marshes that led back to the coast, Mrs. Levy, pulling her blowing fur up closer around her neck said, “I’m establishing a foundation.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the winter, Mark Antony contacted Cleopatra from White Village, a fishing port on the Mediterranean coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He remembered Soldier Island as a boy...Smelly sort of rock covered with gulls—stood about a mile from the coast. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Then, in July, Hilly leaves for her annual trip down to the coast for three weeks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Most of the Japanese returning to the coast resettled without suffering bodily harm. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The Iron Worm squeaks, groans, and clanks—black tankers, rust-colored boxcars, and gray hoppers winding north on a single track that parallels the Pacific coast. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z After leaving Virginia, Chris drove south and then west across the flat Texas plains, through the heat of New Mexico and Arizona, and arrived at the Pacific coast. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove through Saint Jean de Luz and passed through villages farther down the coast. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Don’t think I won’t,” I warned, knowing exactly what Liam wanted to do: go out and risk his neck by walking down the alley to make sure the coast was clear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His father, of course, would have gone hours earlier directly to Lew Fielding in order to show him the coast guard shipping lane records for the night of September 15. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Before we go back into the hallway, Nora checks to make sure the coast is clear. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z On August 2, North Vietnamese forces spotted the American destroyer Maddox cruising in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And what was it doing here, off the coast of Cornwall? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z A guard coasted off of a rail to a floating stop a foot or so above the ground, his forebear humming as he balanced on it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Eventually Captain Candless gave the word and they started shunting toward the coast, running closer to where they would attempt their trickery. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I was showing her how to coast a curb rail. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Only the trader on the coast remains, and even he is not the same white man, year in and year out. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m on the plane, flying or being flown, westward toward the watery coast, the postcard mountains. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The shoreline curved down the coast, brown and green. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He could make out Parker Head heading down to Thayer’s haymeadow and the coast; its snowy backside showed between the bare trunks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z For three days they were in sight of the green hills of Havnor as they worked along its eastern coast, but they did not come to shore. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The sea surge that had drawn up the coastal waters of Maine poured past the cliffs and tore along the ragged coast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A few weeks after getting to Vietnam, Oshiro was sent on a routine sweep of a small island a few miles off the coast. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z They had scattered through the countryside, across the mountains and along the coast. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But Campbell achieved the final confirmation, made in September 1922 from the northwestern coast of Australia. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The downpour pursued them to the coast, where they pitched the tent that night, and persisted through the whole week, through sodden landscapes that Harry found bleak and depressing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Southwest, in the western Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe, and in parts of Japan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The prestige of his outlandish voracity, of his immense capacity as a spendthrift, of his unprecedented hospitality went beyond the borders of the swamp and attracted the best-qualified gluttons from all along the coast. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Shady could get almost nothing to exhume an almost- unknown pile of rocks on the coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Half of our family had already moved to the east coast, where jobs had opened up for them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z School ends at three p.m., but Spoon told me that the coast wouldn’t be clear until seven. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z For instance, in 1519 Cortes landed on the coast of Mexico with 600 Spaniards, to conquer the fiercely militaristic Aztec Empire with a population of many millions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I had never been outside Los Angeles County, never traveled more than ten miles from the coast, had never even ridden on a bus. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted only to be walking to the coast. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She opened the door and peered outside, making sure the coast was clear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The journey from Carthage to the west coast of Italy was easy as compared with what had gone before. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When Turner wasn’t watching his father, he translated the Aeneid—he figured his father would want him to be keeping that up—or he walked along the far coast, away from Malaga Island. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Percy guided the boat through the strong currents off the northern California coast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The most intensively studied eagles in North America have been those nesting along a stretch of coast from Tampa to Fort Myers on the western coast of Florida. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “He wouldn’t be hiding where he lived. He would be on some remote island off the coast of Mexico, or Madagascar, or something.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The corsairs had come aboard in the darkness before the dawn, as the Meadowlark was anchored off the coast of the Disputed Lands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Miss Bolivia contest always includes a contestant ostensibly from the coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She was flying cautiously, making her way along the coast and up the straths, the wide valleys of Scotland, because the cloud was low. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The road ran along the flat gray coast and there were drifts of sand in the road that the winds had left there. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z My plan is to walk toward the auditorium with the rest of the crowd, then duck in a bathroom until the coast is clear. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Later, Inej learned that the coast was a popular location for slavers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They coasted to a stop a few feet from the pair. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Worse, the very thought of going back to the west coast filled us with dread. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He had coasted along for years now, filling the pages of his newspaper with words, burying himself in whatever was safe, typesetting the ferry schedule and the tide table and the classified advertisements. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And so, on this August morning, he was glad that he was leaving London and going to be for some days on an island off the Devon coast. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Your son Dale will go south in Wraith, past Cape Wrath and the Broken Arm, all along the coast of Dome as far as the Arbor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He doused his headlights and quietly coasted to a stop. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He wanted to make more crops so as to use his surplus for trade with the white men on the coast. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Not part of mainland Mexico, Ensenada was located on the long, narrow peninsula that hung down the western coast and was known as Baja, or Lower, California. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It was ironic that given his communication difficulties, Donald functioned as a human telegraph, relaying messages up and down the coast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For the last two days, the voyage hadn’t been any different as the steamer inched along the coast of Brazil. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The French coast was bombarded with 5,500 tons of bombs during the night, and then, at six in the morning, the first landing craft came ashore. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “When 1 woke up the coast was clear. Now I look back on it my head must be getting soft not to lock and barricade the door when I’m in here.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hurricane Edna, a violent storm to the very end of its northward path, brought torrential rains to the New England and Canadian coasts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He had been coasting along all too hospitable shores for five years when he turned up as James Gatz's destiny at Little Girl Bay. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And as this scruffy vehicle coasted noisily to a colorful exhaust-belching halt, it happened to obliterate from Bernabe’s view the lone parking meter in town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z General Peckem lifted a wooden pointer and swept the rubber tip cheerfully across Italy from one coast to the other. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z According to tradition, the Thembu people lived in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains and migrated toward the coast in the sixteenth century, where they were incorporated into the Xhosa nation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “By tomorrow morning, we’ll reach the western coast of Greece. Then another hour inland, and bang—House of Hades! I’ma get me the T-shirt!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Their road ran straight to the coast—there would be no shortcuts now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We’d check to make sure the coast was clear, and then one of us would reach in, grab a chocolate, and drink the whiskey. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In 1768 the virus struck Siberia’s Pacific coast, apparently for the first time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Panic spread from coast to coast: was it possible that the satellite was mapping the United States, with the intent of locking down targets for missile-delivered hydrogen bombs? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In the Stepstones they had taken on grain and game and fresh water, after the long voyage along the bleak and barren coast of Dome with its shoals and whirlpools. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The coast was clear, and the chaplain jumped out of Major Major’s office through the window, darted swiftly around the comer of the tent, and leaped down inside the railroad ditch to hide. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I’ve almost forgotten what I’m supposed to be doing here, and I’m impatient to be gone, back to the west coast, back to the time zone where I live my life now. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Northumbrian coast is the most beautiful length of the whole trip. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The coast guard installed sounding boards along island beaches and anchored numbered buoys at intervals in the shipping channel, and these measures seemed sufficient to islanders until the next accident came along. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Off the coast of British Columbia, there is a special black bear called the Spirit Bear. It’s pure white and has pride, dignity, and honor. More than most people.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z But what was clear to each of them was that their mission, Operation Pastorius, had been compromised from the moment they ran into the coast guardsman. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z A second parachute popped open a few minutes later and coasted down, like the first, directly in toward the clearing of the landing strip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As they sailed farther from the coast, the sky darkened and more stars came out. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Quit? naturally, as we moved down the beautiful coast my method of travel was changed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The commission reasoned that once the saboteurs ran into the coast guardsman, the fear of getting caught seized Dasch and changed his intentions. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z "You have forests of tall pine and old oak. Lord Manderly has shipwrights and sailors in plenty. Together you ought to be able to float enough longships to guard both your coasts." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Why didn’t Chinese ships cross the Pacific to colonize the Americas’ west coast? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He flew out to the coast, luckily without the wife, who is not fond of me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They try to incorporate Gogol into similar plans; this summer, for example, they are thinking of renting a house on the coast of Brittany. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He turned his head and was shocked to see that the young witch they’d captured on the southern coast of the Wandering Isle had hold of him and was muttering to herself in Ravkan. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m heading up to the coast guard station. Maybe I’ll get them to put a call through for me if your radio isn’t handy.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z How does she remember where she’s left her baby on this beach that stretches all along the southern coast of Cape Cod? Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I had to be closer to the coast, didn’t I? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Ta-p’en-k’eng sites of Taiwan and the South China coast are full of fish bones and mollusk shells, as well as of stone net sinkers and adzes suitable for hollowing out a wooden canoe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time they reached the airport, touched down, and coasted to a halt, it would be far too late. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z They tied up the boat Lookfar that had borne them to the coasts of death's kingdom and back, and went up through the narrow streets to the wizard’s house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I pounced on it, jumped up, saw that I wasn’t covered, and took off, ran that baby coast to coast, Abby screaming but nobody laying a finger on me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Things would not be different along this coast, Turner thought. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The gap between them and Mr. Flux was widening, as the creature he rode didn’t have wheels and couldn’t simply coast down the steep incline. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Because of his high score, Gligoric was already assured a berth in the Candidates, so he could easily offer Fischer an early “grandmaster draw” and coast to a successful denouement. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The one who grabbed the cigarettes, the one who wrestled for the gun, the one who checked the place to see if the coast was clear. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched it walk along the coast of South Carolina on scenic Highway 17. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he looked around, like he was making sure the coast was clear, and started walking down the Mall in the direction of my friends. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Mama’s father came from a family of stonecutters around Niigata, on the inner coast of northern Japan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The empire encompassed every imaginable type of terrain, from the rainforest of upper Amazonia to the deserts of the Peruvian coast and the twenty- thousand-foot peaks of the Andes between. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After a few such sessions as these, Lord Cheldthorpe concluded that he should like to extend his stay before moving down the coast to see the Carolinas. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z White sharks were pretty rare off the coast of Massachusetts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At dawn, German lookouts spotted Allied ships filling the Normandy coast. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They veered southwest until they reached the coast, then splashed down in the Ionian Sea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her board started to lighten, and soon she and Shay had hopped on again, coasting over a ridge and down into a dark valley. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They sped out of the thermal together and started down the coast. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z For the past few weeks in Molly’s American History class they’ve been studying the Wabanaki Indians, a confederacy of five Algonquian-speaking tribes, including the Penobscot, that live near the North Atlantic coast. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Fishing villages might have appeared on the coasts of Indonesian islands as early as 45,000 years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Hopping from refuge to refuge, paleo-Indians could have made their way down the coast at any time in the last forty thousand years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Located on the southeastern coast of Japan, the city stood on six long, flat islands. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We have now followed the initial stages of the Austronesian expansion for 2,500 miles from the South China coast, through Taiwan and the Philippines, to western and central Indonesia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The road bent its way along the coast, dead sheaves of saltgrass overhanging the pavement. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The Harbor was plied with barges and packets from all up and down the coast, delivering fuel and grain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On the ferry deck the sun was sharp and the coast of the mainland only an hour away. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The first period of hegemony was that of Chavin, which from about 700 b.c. to the dawn of the Christian era controlled the central coast of Peru and the adjacent mountains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron opened the door of the bathroom carefully, checked that the coast was clear, and set off. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We flew higher and higher, over green valleys and dark, ridged mountains, and then over the coast, waves breaking on the white sands. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z His face was so tanned from their time on the coast of Africa that the scar on his lip looked like a chalk mark. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At this rate, she will never make the north coast by nightfall. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The words were a quiet punctuation to the larger sounds of the ocean and coast outside: gulls calling, the surf, the creak and shift of the wrecked ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z With a quick look behind him, he passed by Javier, taking the lead as the two of them smoothly coasted up Grand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z That is how the Xhosa people describe the narrow, windswept outcrop of rock that lies eight miles off the coast of Cape Town. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “News says there’ll be desalination machines along the coast. They’ll have a few up and running down at Laguna Beach by this afternoon.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Dinner had taken long enough for thickened thunderheads to swell off the coast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Most of the Keys are made of hard coral rock, and there aren’t many soft beaches like you find up the coast at Pompano or Vero. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z While American blacks of African descent originated mainly from Africa’s west coastal zone, similar peoples traditionally occupied East Africa as well, north to the Sudan and south to the southeast coast of South Africa itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Who brought him home, I wonder, to hap him here? Murdered off the coast of Andres! an’ you consated his body lay under! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Three spiral lighthouses took shape along the rocky coast, warning sailors away from the treacherous cliffs and quick riptides of Deliene’s coastline. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Walking alone on a rocky coast with white-capped waves thrumming against stone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Fishermen of the Atlantic coast were being stalked by submarines. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the northwest side, towards the coast, the cliffs fell sheer to the sea below, their surface unbroken. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Culebra is an archipelago off the coast of Puerto Rico. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I only have a minute. I have to head down to the coast for a meeting.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When he was sure the coast was clear, Martin would climb carefully into the driver's seat of his dad's Porsche. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was hardly ever in the cave without James—Alfred squeezed against the back, James up front, poking out his head to see if the coast was clear. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The plane then coasts out over the back bay, Balboa Island, and the Newport Peninsula before the pilot pushes the engines back to full and resumes the climb-out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z During the course of that week, at different places along the coast, his seventeen sons were hunted down like rabbits by invisible criminals who aimed at the center of their crosses of ash. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Night in the Gulf of Tonkin was morning on the east coast of the United States. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Once I felt the coast was clear, I began, first drawing the connected Ks and finishing with a wide circle around them, my custom style. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They would have to make for the nearer coast, the uninhabited shore. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Pacific coast areas that would otherwise have been suitable for food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Most teachers coasted through them, figuring that no one was going to learn all that much just before vacation. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I had coasted along without having to pay a price for my commitment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The goddess made a wide loop...to the top of Italy, then east to the sea, then down along the western coast of Greece. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They ate well but they were still a long way from the coast. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Will looked along the shore, past the lighthouse, and saw the coast rising in a great series of cliffs that disappeared into the haze of the distance. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z No one but me, she thinks, is guarding the coast tonight. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He more coasted than drove, taking about ten minutes to get around the quarter-mile track. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The papers were full of Seabiscuit, proclaimed on that coast to be the best horse in America. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few days’ travel down the coast, a dark and threatening mountain of clouds appeared over the ocean. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I had never been to Seattle before, and I thought it was one of the most intense-looking cities I’d ever seen, built right up against the tree-lined coast, in the shadow of a giant volcano. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A gasket blows five thousand feet underwater beneath an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, sending millions of barrels of crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Beagle rounded the sharp jaw-bend of Tierra del Fuego and climbed the western coast of South America. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They must not land on the nearest coast of Italy, the east coast, he told them, because it was full of Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She could time the traffic lights so we could coast through intersections without using the brakes or losing momentum. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Just ninety miles off the coast of Florida, the island nation of Cuba was fast becoming a flash point in the global Cold War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “God is very clear about this,” he would tell us some Sunday morning when something happening with gay rights, something undoubtedly happening on one of the coasts, had worked its way to the Billings Gazette. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z When they coasted the final hill into town, the streets were in shadow. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Not from this coast. The sea is sometimes frozen south of it, sometimes not. You would need a boat.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z British colonists’ ships set out directly from New York and New England carrying the food and timber that the islands needed, trading them for sugar, which the merchants brought back up the coast. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Ernest Lawrence’s renown as an experimentalist and the father of the most productive instrument for researching the atom had spread coast to coast. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The storm rolled onto the coast with all the implacable power of an old-world tank. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “The isles were last seen just off the coast of Africa, but that was days ago. They could be anywhere in the world by now.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Grandma points out where Incheon is on the west coast of South Korea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z As bad as the west coast sounded, it was still his home territory. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He rested his paddle on his lap, coasting, trying to place the pets he’d heard crying in the dark. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The gangsters used middle-sized boats called “intermediates” to ferry the cargo to speedboats near the coast. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He kept her for some weeks, and then, seeing that she would not capitulate, sent her oil' to the coast in exile. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We drove into Cape Town along the lovely road that runs parallel to the coast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Later recoveries of banded birds showed that these Florida-born eagles range northward along the coast into Canada as far as Prince Edward Island, although they had previously been considered nonmigratory. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When Lydia jumped off the bike, Dill took a quick look to make sure the coast was clear. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Manit cut off his headlights and motor and coasted up to the base of one of the bridge's stone pillars. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He has already built a fleet of eight hundred ships, appointed his close friend Nearchus captain, and sent them to investigate the coast of India by sea. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The bicyclist coasts to a stop, and he nods to a cluster of buildings across the street. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Ged saw a low coast lashed by rainy wind, a grey town crouching behind the long stone breakwaters that made its harbor, and behind the town treeless hills under a snow-darkened sky. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Hilly’s been down at the coast, wouldn’t dare allow a meeting without her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He said that everything depended on reaching the coast, yet waking in the night he knew that all of this was empty and no substance to it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Uncle Vernon had parked at the coast, locked them all inside the car, and disappeared. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Just then, twenty, thirty gulls rose from somewhere on the island coast and turned to face the sea breeze, screeching like broken promises. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She toured the country from coast to coast, performing with some of the great singers, musicians, and conductors of the day. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z In the 1400s, Spain and Portugal were competing to explore down the coast of Africa and find a sea route to Asia. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z From the green depths of the offshore Atlantic many paths lead back to the coast. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Florida’s so flat, there’s nothing to stop ’em from bulldozin’ one coast to the other.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been making our way back up the coast this whole time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Then we were coasting the noble island of the god, where grazed those cattle with wide brows, and bounteous flocks of Helios, lord of noon, who rides high heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Toward the coast. We must hide among other people. That’s the only thing that can save us. Down there the nights are bright and nobody believes in the devil.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Based around the Mississippi and its associated rivers, these societies scattered tens of thousands of mounds from southern Canada and the Great Plains to the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z During the early years of his banding, Mr. Broley used to find 125 active nests a year on the stretch of coast he had chosen for his work. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I’m at a hotel in a little town on the Norfolk coast. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z From what he could see, which wasn't much, the coast was clear. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And even if she got to the coast on her own, she might stow away on the wrong ship. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We had to stand, still chained, in the hold of the old wooden ferry, which was difficult as the ship rocked in the swells off the coast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was to take the Henry on a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to the Isle of Bourbon, off the east coast of Africa. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, some of my colleagues were going to a restaurant a little way down the coast, and they asked if I’d like to go. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The rum was then taken by ship to the west coast of Africa, where, as part of the infamous triangle trade, it was traded for slaves. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Continuous bombing of Pas de Calais and the west coast of France. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The sea took more than seventy wooden homes from their stretch of coast. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z On Verrazzano’s next stop, the Maine coast, the Abenaki did want steel and cloth—demanded them, in fact. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I then spent about a fortnight on a sugar plantation in Natal living with a group of African laborers and their families in a small community called Tongaat, just up the coast from Durban. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hope was to lower a drill through 14,000 feet of Pacific Ocean water off the coast of Mexico and drill some 17,000 feet through relatively thin crustal rock. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z If the ship was on a short journey, between the kingdoms or down the coast, they might be enslaved and sold at the next port. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He lived along that coast now every night and in his dreams he heard the surf roar and saw the native boats come riding through it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The motorboat towed Zeitoun and Frank to the woman’s house, and once they were close, the young men cut the engine and coasted toward the porch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z If she judged that the coast was clear she would blow her nose when he approached; otherwise he was to walk past her without recognition. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z From southern Maine to Narragansett Bay, the coast was empty— *Gorges may have met Tisquantum before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t stop until he reached the crest of his imaginary Montana mountain and coasted downhill into the coolness of the valley. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave the thrusters one final squeeze and coasted the last hundred feet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The Arctic and Antarctic ice caps will melt, flooding the coasts of the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His own family, he tells me, is from Sallybrook, near the east coast. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If it was, it might be a good idea to go visit his uncle who lived on the coast. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nat was glad for the crew when they sighted the coast of Portugal. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I coast by the houses of people I used to know: Heather, Nicole. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z So he just forgot it and found himself coasting along. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But Mary, she said, the tualapi destroyed a village further up the coast, and then another and another. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The peaks of home flattened out as they approached the coast, and then, like the first time she had come to Hampton, it came into view: the James River. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But the people living in the Great Lakes region are confused by their place on the country’s edge—an edge that is border but not coast. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z According to most accounts, he was born in the sixth century BC on Samos, a Greek island off the coast of Turkey famed lor a temple to Hera and for really good wine. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Like he was calling his ma to see if the coast was clear to come home without the mob or the coppers on his tail. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z North China, South China, the coast, and the interior contributed different crops, livestock, technologies, and cultural features to the eventually unified China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Like the way her mother had described it when she went to see the place where her mother had drowned, off the dazzling coast of Hawaii. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A coast guard cruiser passed on our starboard side, then turned like it wanted a second look. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When he felt the bat coasting down for a landing, he was relieved at the distraction, although he disliked meeting up with Luxa and Henry again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I push it into Africa’s coast and angle the thread to New York. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I waited a few minutes to be sure the coast was clear. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Tangy and cold, the taste of my first- ever holiday with Tom, a fishing village on the Basque coast in 2005. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The first warning siren went off in the morning while we were at breakfast, but we paid no attention, because it only meant that the planes were crossing the coast. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They were somewhere on the northern coast of Africa. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We stand on the steps of the church for a moment and, confirming that the coast is clear, make our way back to the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The safer route, or at least the not impossible route, was around the southern coast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z With the coast guardsman gone, Dasch waded back to the sailors, who had been busy looking for their lost paddles and emptying the water from the dinghy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z After being cheered down the California coast, it slid through sunset, into darkness and silence, and across midnight. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The clouds over the land now rose like mountains and the coast was only a long green line with the gray blue hills behind it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The coast seemed so far away, and he knew he was too weak to swim the distance. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Pizarro’s pilot once explained how to navigate from Mexico’s Pacific shore to Peru: Sail south along the coast until you no longer see trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When winter came, they hiked to the warmer coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Indian Ocean flashed incredible colors of emerald jade and opal in the shallow water surrounding the Maldive Islands, then on to the Burma coast and lush green jungle, followed by mountains and coastline. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how cold it gets, no matter how extreme the conditions, they must be prepared to hunker down in the woods until the coast is clear. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z During the first week of September, it was my family's habit to rent a beach house on Ocean Isle, a thin strip of land off the coast of North Carolina. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Lowland New Guineans on the coast do obtain much fish and shellfish, and some lowlanders in the interior still live today as hunter-gatherers, subsisting especially on wild sago palms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z People with money who drive through Altamira to the beach resorts on the north coast, she means. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They hoped to wait until the coast was clear, then tiptoe out and let the others back into the building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Not this last citadel at the edge of the continent, this final German strongpoint on the Breton coast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I got my bike from the garage and waved to my parents standing on the front porch as I coasted down the driveway. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It remained dependent on imports of food and iron from Norway, and of timber from the Labrador coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A whole army was fleeing to the coast, armed with cigarettes to keep the hunger away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z One spiral gave birth to other little spirals, which coasted away, leaving burning grass in their wake. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Meteorologists were predicting furious winds, ten-foot storm surges, possibilities of levee breaches, flooding everywhere along the coast. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Holding the bedpan behind me, I would poke my head out the front door to make sure the coast was clear. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The first stage depleted its fuel, and the booster coasted for a fraction of a second as it jettisoned stage clamps via explosive bolts. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't remember this cliff," said Jack, crestfallen, "so this must be the bit of the coast I missed." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z All the articles of his trade were filed away on the coast, sea cradles here, octopi here, tube worms in another place, sea pansies in another. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They had shifted the possible track of the storm from the Florida panhandle to the Mississippi—Louisiana coast. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z We check for the coast to be clear. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z In reality, although we frequently draw such a contrast, hunter-gatherers in some productive areas, including North America’s Pacific Northwest coast and possibly southeastern Australia, became sedentary but never became food producers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Already, the first bombers were high overhead, a formation of about fifty Heinkels, heading the same way to the coast. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "Your lord father commanded us to harry the coast, no more." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z From there, Tally finally understood how far up the mountain she’d come since leaving the coast. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “The coast seems to be clear,” Jones tells them, his voice betraying a sense of urgency. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I could just feel his eyes on me, holding me with his quizzical wise-dog gaze, and I would push off with one foot and try to coast for hours on that feeling. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Even here on the coast there had been two light snowfalls in the last month of summer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, the Americas had only one species of big domestic mammal, the llama / alpaca, confined to a small area of the Andes and the adjacent Peruvian coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The first Europeans settled on the coast, and it took them a long time to penetrate into the interior, but by 1960 European governments had established political control over most New Guineans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m on my way home, coasting down Spotter Hill on my crummy old bike. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z |
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