ashore
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The team found a news article about other human remains washing ashore in 1999 a few miles south of Bodega Bay, about four miles from Salmon Creek State Beach, according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
He added that parts of a damaged life raft, an barrel of lubricants and footwear had washed ashore, and officials were trying to establish if they were from the sunk Dena.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Dupin lives on the roughly 4-acre island year-round and hauls members ashore with a hand-pulled ferry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
The former fishing boat drifted ashore in rough seas at about 03:30 GMT on 11 December while working as a guard boat for an offshore wind farm near Ireland.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
"What comes ashore always washes back out. That's not a philosophical statement, Nadia. It's a fact."
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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