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[beech] / bitʃ /


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ISRAEL—In Tel Aviv, one of Israel’s more liberal hubs, Ben Friedhaim sits with his young daughter in HaKnesset Square as waves gently lap onto the nearby beach just days before the election.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

I wore it on my third date with Lisa, on the beach 20 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The high tides require caution from beach visitors and coastal residents, according to the weather service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

Police Scotland earlier received a report that the body of a man had been found in the Largs beach area on Sunday.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

“These are the latest styles. Haven’t you been to the beach lately?”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

She initially joined Harvard University in the United States, and then moved to Sydney's northern beaches earlier this year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

They're usually used after sightings near popular beaches.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

UAE authorities said on Thursday that the incident is affecting beaches near the northern city of Umm Al Quwain and verified video from Friday shows the oil washing ashore, colouring the water black.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Southern California is on track to lose 30 to 70% of its beaches over the next several decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

They were going to Destin, Florida, a beach town on the Gulf about four hours away, with long white beaches and clear water.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The image of the beached horse first lodged in Nolan’s mind over 20 years ago when he was in the running to direct a movie based on another Homeric epic, “The Iliad.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

But I can choose to recognize that some performers, artistic works and brands are simply too big to fail or bury, so they become some version of a beached grey whale’s corpse.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

Vonk and his team ensure the country is ready for extreme scenarios: a drought meaning all inland shipping is beached or a devastating storm surge.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

Allison Janney’s love affair with a beached whale in the series also deserves some Emmy love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

He accidentally beached the hull on a sandbar, and this time there was no easy way to free it.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

A humpback whale that underwent a rescue operation in Germany two weeks ago after beaching itself there has been found dead near a Danish island, officials said Saturday.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

These beaching events confront us with a little-understood but essential facet of marine ecology — and may become more common as the oceans warm.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024

Wildlife experts speculated the beaching could be an indicator of stress or illness within the pod, but said the reasons would likely remain a mystery.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

But authorities and researchers, baffled by the behavior, feared that a mass beaching was imminent.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Carefully, we inched the Miss Amanda around the sandbar without beaching her until we were directly above the deep water.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings


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