aground
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Then she wrote a pilot for a different series with Olivia Colman, but it too ran aground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
What’s Next: As late as last month lawmakers seemed poised to move forward with the bill, however the Senate’s version of it ran aground.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
When the oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground 30 years ago, some of south Wales' best-known beaches turned black.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
She co-founded a school for orphans, preserved and sold Hamilton’s papers, and commissioned a biographical project that kept running aground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
I kept going, but toward the head of the creek, a marsh taken over by a patch of tall phragmites warned of shallow water, and I turned the boat around, not wanting to run aground.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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Red Kayak
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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