as in shore
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water
she loves walking along the beach, looking for shells that the waves cast up
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Recent Examples of beach
Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
But there are still beaches where wildlife encounters remain peaceful and respectful.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
This good boy's sweet adoption story:German Shepard named Pedigree Foundation's Rescue Dog of the Year
Cause of mass whale beaching unclear
It was not immediately known what caused the mass beaching.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Embassy officials also recommend avoiding jet ski rentals in the Bahamas, being aware of one's surroundings, staying alert in public restrooms and near Nassau beaches, and following local weather and Marine alerts.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
But there are still beaches where wildlife encounters remain peaceful and respectful.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
The animals are part of a pod of 157 whales that beached near Arthur River, a township on the northern part of the West Coast of the island of Tasmania, the Marine Conservation Program reported Tuesday.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
This good boy's sweet adoption story:German Shepard named Pedigree Foundation's Rescue Dog of the Year
Cause of mass whale beaching unclear
It was not immediately known what caused the mass beaching.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beach
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When Matt Shaw grounded out with two runners on to end the 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the Tokyo Series, Counsell was promptly criticized for batting the rookie ahead of Dansby Swanson.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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However, as long as we're grounded and globe-trotting, the film's Bond girls dress for their environs.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Sawai's Mariko serves as a critical interpreter between the powerful Lord Yoshii Toranaga and an Englishman shipwrecked in Japan, John Blackthorne.—
Kimmy Yam,
NBC News,
6 Jan. 2025
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But also remember: This is a woman who has pretty much rolled with it when attacked by big game and shipwrecked in the middle of the ocean.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
31 Dec. 2024
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Only after the worst mass extinction of all time, as Earth’s ecosystems struggled to recover from intense global warming spurred by volcanoes, did reptiles began to live by the shoreline and become ever more at home in the water.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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However, rising water levels are expected to carry debris that was once on the shoreline out into open waters.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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History Caillebotte’s interest in painting men is also tied up in his country’s history immediately predating the 1871 Paris Commune.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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But there’s a problem: That inheritance is currently tied up in litigation brought by the siblings of Durst’s first wife, Kathie McCormack Durst, who died under suspicious circumstances in 1982.—
Nick Tabor,
Curbed,
11 Apr. 2025
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Three days prior, Dale Earnhardt, the sport’s superhero and antihero and transcendent phenom all in one, wrecked into the wall on Turn 4 on the last lap of the Daytona 500.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2025
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The architectural vandalism was hideous and heartbreaking to watch, inhumane civic renewal by wrecking ball in the discredited vein of Robert Moses.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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American military veteran hijacks plane in Belize, officials say The airplane, which had only 14 passengers on board, had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, a popular tourist destination off the coast.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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It’s set in 1902, in a Gullah community on an island off the coast of Georgia, where a large extended family is preparing to move to the North.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Sens were docked a future first-round pick during the 2023-24 season.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Ten of those ships departed from, or docked in, Florida or both.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2025
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Then, as the hungry whales migrated north in 2019, large numbers began stranding on the beaches of California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Targeting Immigrant Students California Could Ban ICE From Public Schools Third Grade Student Arrested by ICE Sparks Mass Protest Trump ended CBP One for new entrants on January 20, the first day of his second term, stranding thousands in Mexico who had appointments into early February.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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