beach
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“You’re in unrelenting sun along the beach for most of the race, and there’s just no shade,” Sheppard, a private yoga teacher in Los Angeles, said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Mary, from Wexford, said she and her children found the turtle while walking on a beach near Castlegregory on the Dingle peninsula in County Kerry after an Atlantic storm.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Statuettes found on the beach were avoided for fear of bad luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
“These are the latest styles. Haven’t you been to the beach lately?”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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A coastal flood advisory is in effect until noon Tuesday for Los Angeles County beaches, including off the shores of Malibu and Catalina, with an anticipated elevated surf of 4 to 6 feet.
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
During the group's visit, they enjoy lunch overlooking the Indian Ocean before heading out to explore the beaches and sand dunes.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
“Wide sandy beaches serve as a necessary buffer to protect the rail line.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
When they’d looked after the garden and fished for dinner and checked the beaches for driftwood or bottles or anything else that might have floated in on the tide, Nim had school.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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Grizzly bears are — were — omnivores, not picky eaters, and also lazy ones, noshing on berries, roots, acorns, beached whale carcasses and any laggardly young elk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
The image of the beached horse first lodged in Nolan’s mind over 20 years ago when he was in the running to direct a movie based on another Homeric epic, “The Iliad.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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 few fish sat in pools, others lay beached on the sand, rotting with streamers of seaweed.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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A humpback whale rescued after beaching itself in Germany has been found dead near a Danish island.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
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
A spokesperson from the National Weather Service in Monterey attributed high tides for beaching the bomb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
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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