coast guard
noun
1
: a military or naval force employed in guarding a coast or responsible for the safety, order, and operation of maritime traffic in neighboring waters
2
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The Spanish coast guard said the boat carrying the pregnant mother had embarked from Tan-Tan, a province in Morocco about 135 nautical miles southeast of Lanzarote.
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Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
The coast guard had said on Saturday that a ship registered both to Cameroon and Tanzania was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable northeast of the island.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
The coast guard's Tamsui Sea Patrol located Shunxin-39 about 7 nautical miles north of the cable damage site.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Approximately 50 migrants were rescued from the freezing waters, the coast guard said, many in a state of severe hypothermia.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
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Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
The coast guard had said on Saturday that a ship registered both to Cameroon and Tanzania was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable northeast of the island.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
The coast guard's Tamsui Sea Patrol located Shunxin-39 about 7 nautical miles north of the cable damage site.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Approximately 50 migrants were rescued from the freezing waters, the coast guard said, many in a state of severe hypothermia.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Coast guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coast%20guard. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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