ashore
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About six to eight hours after coming ashore, the seals' heart rates surged, sometimes climbing as high as 84 beats per minute.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
The "Charmouth crocodile" spent most of its life in the sea, only coming ashore to lay eggs and raise young.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Then they’ll bring the astronauts back ashore as the Murtha slowly returns to San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
He added that parts of a damaged life raft, an barrel of lubricants and footwear had washed ashore, and officials were trying to establish if they were from the sunk Dena.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
In truth, the movement began the moment the first black men and women were led ashore in chains.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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