Center
Center noun - A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.
Shore
Shore noun - A structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else.
Both words in one sentence
- At the center of it all: Rose, trying to stand on both sides of the shore: without magic, without guidance and without one of her closest friends thanks to the very gap she is trying to bridge.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Homestuck -
The simultaneous attacks on Wheeler Army Airfield in the center of the island and Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay on the northeastern shore get no mention.
Source: Film / Pearl Harbor -
Beware the Nice Ones: Melissa is the moral center of the group but as seen in "Shore Leave", "Renaissance" and "Curses", she is not one to be crossed.
Source: Western Animation / Home Movies
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