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beach

[beech] / bitʃ /


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You could take the trail all the way to trendy Pampelonne, where sun beds at its beach clubs go for upwards of $140 for the day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

“Sag Harbor,” set in the mostly Black, affluent beach community in the Hamptons, is the closest Whitehead has come to writing a coming-of-age story.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The pilot himself seems to regret the low pass that sent beach gear and sand flying, telling his local congresswoman he never intended to buzz the crowd.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Since then, it has maintained exports of grain and sunflower oil and kept its beach resorts functioning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

I was still on the beach later that day, gathering limpets.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

You don’t have to spend big to explore St. Tropez’s picturesque back streets, beaches and local eats.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Authorities were recommending that people avoid beaches in the two states because of a potential tsunami risk.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

They were there when the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill blackened beaches, turned the shoreline into a wildlife graveyard, and galvanized grassroots defense of the coast.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

The ship is in the middle of an ocean of green water, which reminds me of Autumn’s stories about the beaches in Florida—clean and clear enough to see straight down to the bottom.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

At one point the overloaded boat appeared to be beached on a sand bar by the retreating tide but then it moved further out to sea.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2024

Henry swings a violent U-turn that takes down a little crepe myrtle tree on the island between lanes, and we’re beached there, spinning our wheels, kicking up leaves and pink flowers.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

But besides beating seasonal crowds, winter beaching has another leg up on summer: storm watching.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2024

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

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2023

She could feel the dream shallowing, like a sleek ship beaching on a shoal.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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