beachcomber
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“The upshot of this line of precedent is that government-authorized invasions of property — whether by plane, boat, cable, or beachcomber — are physical takings requiring just compensation,” he wrote.
From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2021
Soon, moving along the rows of the periodic table like a beachcomber on a shore, Cade began to experiment with salts of rubidium, cerium and strontium.
From Nature • Aug. 25, 2019
But 35 years ago, on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, I met another sort of beachcomber.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2013
Question 7 The gigantic blue eyeball found by a Florida beachcomber last week was determined on Monday to have likely come from what?
From Slate • Oct. 19, 2012
He reminded me of a beachcomber from Key West.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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