driftwood
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“The Housemaid” stumbles, and it doesn’t help that Sweeney spends much of the film meandering throughout its narrative like a piece of driftwood that keeps washing back onto the shore.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
Soldiers and police had helped clear the debris and driftwood.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
Shaun Davis found the bench on Drigg beach near Seascale, which until closer inspection he said he thought was "a bit of driftwood".
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
Joel Kawahara of Quilcene, Wash., suggests Ruby Beach, which is a rugged patch of rocky shoreline, often full of driftwood, in Olympic National Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
The hut was built, or piled up rather, of driftwood planks and branches.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
