beach
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An Australian school teacher mauled by a large shark at a Sydney beach says she fired a "left hook" at the predator before it dragged her underwater.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, close to Larak Island.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Served alongside native beach succulent, these Asian-style dumplings come topped with sesame seeds and a gochujang anise myrtle dressing.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Marie and Samuel Raturat Bouny, a couple who run a surf shop near the beach, lived for six years in their house in Le Porge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Squarely behind them both was a big shingled building that looked like a fancy beach club in the summer.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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It’s a surefire way to essentially privatize beaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The vast majority of the migrants returned to Morocco within hours of their arrival, but several thousand remain in Ceuta, many of them children, and most are sleeping rough on beaches or streets.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Tourists fill the arrivals lounge at the airport each day, then head to the pristine beaches, or to catch glimpses of sloths in the rainforest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
For generations, summer in Europe has been languid and dreamy, bringing fine weather and lengthy days on sunny beaches and terraces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
In Kingston, Suzanne had taken me to powdery white beaches where we dodged waves in water that looked like jade.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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What’s more depressing is that a research biologist interviewed by KING-TV, Seattle’s NBC affiliate, stated that the beached whales people have encountered likely represent only a quarter to a fifth of the total death toll.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 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
Tasmania's Department of Natural Resources and Environment said 157 false killer whales had beached near Arthur River, in the island's north west.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
Stretchers and wheelchairs were beached here and there against the hissing, knocking pipes that ran and branched in an intricate nervous system along the glittering walls.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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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 authorities and researchers, baffled by the behavior, feared that a mass beaching was imminent.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Once the whales began beaching themselves on the shore, wildlife authorities launched an emergency response effort in a bid to save them.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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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