beached

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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

A great number of longships, fifty or sixty at the least, stbod out to sea or lay beached on the pebbled shore to the north.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin