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[beech] / bitʃ /


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Last week, Hegseth promised to intervene after Apache pilots were suspended for flying low-level over a beach in South Carolina.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

“During an arrival maneuver, an aircraft flew lower than standard profiles, resulting in a disturbance on the beach that affected civilian chairs and umbrellas,” a Navy spokesperson said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

After leaving a club, the men crossed paths with the woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, at a fast-food restaurant and they all went to the beach.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

They notified coastal managers, and two days later, at about 5 a.m., more than 200 tons of the cliff toppled onto the beach.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Since I was a little kid, our family has spent every school break lounging on a sandy beach, hiking in a national park, or exploring a foreign city.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

At least 25 people have died on California beaches due to coastal landslides, and many in San Diego’s North County are still reeling from a 2019 bluff collapse that killed three women in Encinitas.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Irish weather service, Met Éireann, is warning of temperatures above 27C potentially leading to water safety issues due to increased use of lakes, beaches, and waterways.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Move over, Jaws: Quaint New England beaches face painful new threat.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The country also has rich mineral deposits, including gold, and fabulous beaches.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

The isthmus is a medley of mountains, beaches, wet tropical forests, and dry savannas, and is the most ecologically diverse area in Mesoamerica.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

At the toe of the bluff, the geotubes stretched out like a beached Leviathan.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 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

A minke whale has beached and died at Portstewart Strand in County Londonderry.

From BBC May 26, 2025

In the dark, she knelt beside a giant shark that had spilled out of the ocean and beached itself in the sand.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

A humpback whale rescued after beaching itself in Germany has been found dead near a Danish island.

From BBC May 16, 2026

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

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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