beach
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Harbour officials have agreed to meet with residents who are worried about sand and silt from dredging being left on a beach.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
In Playa de Palma, a 3-mile-long stretch of beach on the southern coast of the island, tourism workers speak fluent German and restaurants offer favorites like döner kebab and currywurst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The storm, which churned the waters of the Pacific over the last week, stripped sand off the beach, making it no longer safe to hold the festival there, the city said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Storm surf and runoff has caused significant beach erosion and the festival can no longer be safely held as planned. Plans are already underway to bring the festival back to Santa Monica in 2027.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Even better, behind the beach were marshes filled with long, tasty grass, and set farther back were bushes and bushes of delicious wild berries.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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Local residents have taken to the streets and beaches repeatedly this summer to protest the island’s growing flock of visitors, united by one message: “Tourists, go home.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Mallorca’s sun-drenched beaches and hilltop villages have been a popular hangout for foreign writers, artists and musicians for more than a century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Waves approaching two meters then swept over the beaches.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
It’s brought unbearably warm temperatures, high humidity and dangerous surf to local beaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The announcer was talking about a breakthrough on one of the beaches.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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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
At the toe of the bluff, the geotubes stretched out like a beached Leviathan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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
But not before Maxine sings a song to a beached whale, calling it back into the sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
The tide had gone out some, and I helped Osh push the beached skiff afloat.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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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
But besides beating seasonal crowds, winter beaching has another leg up on summer: storm watching.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
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
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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