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beach

[beech] / bitʃ /


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Her favourite spot is Jazeera beach, where visitors can enjoy the sea before heading to nearby sand dunes.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 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

Officials previously said they were aware of a possible party that occurred on the beach but were unsure if there was a connection to the shooting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

He waited for it to beach itself, and then he dropped anchor and stepped onto the island.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

The proposed defences would see manmade rock headlands built on the beach to trap sand and prevent the loss of the town's sandy beaches.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Federal biologists will be monitoring surf conditions and currents at beaches near the aquarium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

For the first sea turtle eggs ever laid on California beaches, hatching day — hopefully — draws near.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

I wish you could see these beaches with me.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

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

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

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

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

Osh had told me many times—so often that it had become like a bedtime story—how he’d found me in an old skiff that had beached itself on the wrack line overnight.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

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

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

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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