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ashore

[uh-shawr, uh-shohr] / əˈʃɔr, əˈʃoʊr /
ADVERB
toward, onto land from water
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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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 Hondius, she highlighted, was an expedition vessel, with passengers going ashore on Atlantic islands to do birdwatching and other activities -- meaning there could be "some source of infection on the islands".

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Then there is the reality of wading ashore on islands left to the wind, sun and rain for half a century—and leaving Mauritius, where the malls are full and highways smooth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Then they will be flown ashore by helicopter before being taken by plane to Nasa's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Told there was a costume party ashore, Hudson was persuaded to dress in a bedsheet with a teapot lid tied with ribbons to his head.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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