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shore

/ʃɔɹ/ noun C2
  1. A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it. · The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.

Plural shores

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I think I can swim to the shore and pull the raft after me, if you will only hold fast to the tip of my tail.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 45 · B2
Then the Lion began to swim with all his might toward the shore.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 46 · B2
They were all tired out when they reached the shore at last and stepped off upon the pretty green grass, and they also knew that the stream had carried them a long way past the road of yellow brick that led to the Emerald City.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 46 · B2
He managed by a skillful handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 31 · B2

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