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The trend is particularly concentrated in the coastal states where women are wealthier, more educated, and more liberal. No surprise then that aside from wealthy coastal suburbs, the Democratic base has shrunk to the urban cores and college towns. The vertigo your coastal sophisticate might get from perusing The strategic coastal city of Mariupol is bracing for attack as pro-Russian rebels move south and say the capital isn't safe.
Verb The car coasted to a stop. The airplane coasted down the runway. The children coasted on sleds down the snowy hill. They came coasting down the hill on bicycles. After taking a big lead, the team coasted to victory. He was accused of trying to coast through school. She decided she could coast along without a job for the next few months.
The company is coasting on its good reputation. Recent Examples on the Web: Noun And Virginia -- with its wealthy, diverse suburbs and rural, conservative tracts, plus strongholds of African American voters around the state capital of Richmond and toward the coast -- offers a demographic profile of America in miniature. Mulkern, Scientific American , 27 Oct. Lyman, Fortune , 24 Sep.
First Known Use of coast Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1. But river coasts are called banks and lake coasts are called shores. Sea level is determined by measurements taken over a year cycle. Seaweed can be composed of brown, green, or red algae, as well as "blue-green algae," which is actually bacteria. The audio, illustrations, photos, and videos are credited beneath the media asset, except for promotional images, which generally link to another page that contains the media credit.
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