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beach

[beech] / bitʃ /


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Tall waves pummeled the California coast on Saturday, causing beach and pier closures and endangering coastal homes and infrastructure from San Diego to Malibu and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

Australia needed something to be excited about, even if the man himself, the surfer, speedster and star of the future, is treating it as another day on the beach.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

My estimate is closer to $200,000, which includes $45,000 for travel, $18,000 for dining and entertainment, and the rest for the beach.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

In the film version, however, a retired Klara is on a beach surrounded by robot friends, enjoying a very human and communal existence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Back at the beach, the sea lions were honking and restless, and Fred’s friends were zipping over the rocks, even the oldest scuttling like hatchlings.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

New research suggests that marine resources washed onto prehistoric beaches helped feed dinosaurs and their prey millions of years ago.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

“Some of these impacts may be moderate to significant beach erosion and shallow flooding of normal dry beaches and walkways.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

“There is potential for moderate coastal flooding impacts at times, especially Saturday” for Los Angeles County beaches, the National Weather Service warned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The nurdles have been found in beaches across Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside, with experts suggesting they may have reached the coast of Denmark.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

The same signs were on the bathing beaches, the restaurants—almost everywhere.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

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

The other two beached in La Jolla and Huntington Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

I beached the lifeboat at the foot of a giant cypress.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

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

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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