As we strolled the pier with his staff and clambered down onto the beach, a seal swam just offshore between us and the silk curtains deployed to prevent winter flounder from spawning near the construction site.

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In the coves around the town, family groups lie on the beach while I join the swimmers lolling offshore, our heads bobbing in the gilded waters that stretch out towards the setting sun.

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Medium-sized foreign firms that rushed to create a beach-head in China may consider going offshore again.

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Beach nourishment: artificial process of replenishing a beach with material from another source that lies either inland or is dredged offshore.

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If you are on the beach, sensors may warn you through an app in your mobile device that sharks are lurking just offshore.

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