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driftwood

[drift-wood] / ˈdrɪftˌwʊd /


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In 2023, a woman walking along Rio Del Mar State Beach near Santa Cruz spotted a foot-long object that looked like a piece of driftwood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

There were other beautiful sculptures made from driftwood by James Doran-Wood.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

“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

In the shallows beyond the breakwater an ancient corpse rising and falling among the driftwood.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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