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beach

[beech] / bitʃ /


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You can drag it to the bath, the pool or a sandy beach without dread.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

"The beach was full of seaweed and debris," she told BBC News NI.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Selling our beach to Elon Musk is just something that is almost unimaginable, it’s unacceptable,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Democrat Chris Kluwe, a Minnesota Vikings punter from 2005-2012, lost a close race to Republican Gracey Van Der Mark to represent California Assembly District 72, which mainly consists of Orange County beach communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Nim crept down to the beach and tried not to cry.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s teams in the Santa Cruz area warned that ocean conditions can change in an instant, with high tides flooding beaches and cutting off escape routes quickly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

San Diego County west-facing beaches are seeing elevated surf as well, much of it beginning Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Its beaches and sand dunes sit alongside historic coastal cities such as Mogadishu, whose culture reflects centuries of Indian Ocean trade.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

"In recent months we have seen launches from the Normandy beaches, Belgium and now as far afield as the Netherlands rather than across the short straits to Dover under the original model," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The warm weather had Chicagoans looking for fun at the parks and beaches.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

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

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

“It doesn’t cut a dent in their population,” he said of the beaching phenomenon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

Others, who didn’t want to damage their boats by beaching them, followed suit but ended up trapped in a whirlpool in the middle of bay, he said survivors told him.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

A pod of nearly 100 pilot whales displayed unusual behavior before beaching themselves in Australia.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 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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