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beach

[beech] / bitʃ /


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A couple who went for a beach walk shortly after getting engaged had to be rescued by the Irish Coast Guard after an incoming tide trapped them against a coastal cliff.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

A beach parking lot that once accommodated up to 100 vehicles washed away, forcing visitors to park along the sandy shoulder of the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Earlier in October a Kelvin wave and strengthened tides due to Tropical Storm Rachel brought flooding to multiple beach communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

ISRAEL—In Tel Aviv, one of Israel’s more liberal hubs, Ben Friedhaim sits with his young daughter in HaKnesset Square as waves gently lap onto the nearby beach just days before the election.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

“These are the latest styles. Haven’t you been to the beach lately?”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

She initially joined Harvard University in the United States, and then moved to Sydney's northern beaches earlier this year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

They're usually used after sightings near popular beaches.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

UAE authorities said on Thursday that the incident is affecting beaches near the northern city of Umm Al Quwain and verified video from Friday shows the oil washing ashore, colouring the water black.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Southern California is on track to lose 30 to 70% of its beaches over the next several decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

More than at the crowded summer beaches in Provincetown.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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

Tasmania's Department of Natural Resources and Environment said 157 false killer whales had beached near Arthur River, in the island's north west.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025

Their boat was beached on an indentation in the marsh which provided a natural landing.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

But besides beating seasonal crowds, winter beaching has another leg up on summer: storm watching.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

But authorities and researchers, baffled by the behavior, feared that a mass beaching was imminent.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Carefully, we inched the Miss Amanda around the sandbar without beaching her until we were directly above the deep water.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings


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