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 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
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
The ship wandered from island to island—there were about eighteen in all—and Darwin ventured ashore, scrambling through the pumice, collecting birds, plants, and lizards.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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