adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
eastern/western/Pacific etc seaboard
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the eastern seaboard of the US
sail the Pacific/the Atlantic etc
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We’re taking two months off to sail the Caribbean.
the Atlantic/Pacific/Mediterranean etc coast
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the Mediterranean coast of Spain
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Do we want to create a restless mood, or a calm, pacific one?
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Nesselrode, his foreign minister, remained pacific to the end.
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Since few questioned such a view, those of pacific leanings met with little sympathy.
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The transition from a hostile to a pacific relationship between the houses of Plantagenet and Capet took place between 1224 and 1259.