ashore

Example Sentences

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Everyone hates regulation—until a plane crashes or an oil slick washes ashore.

From Barron's

In the past few days, mines swept from the Dnipro washed ashore in Odesa, more than 100 miles away, the local branch of the State Emergency Service said.

From New York Times

A luxury yacht, the Mayan Queen, is then instructed to help take some of the 104 survivors ashore.

From BBC

In Florida, city officials in Clearwater said in an email that a waterspout came ashore Friday afternoon “sending beach-related items flying into the air” and injuring two people from Kansas.

From Seattle Times

The drugs were brought ashore in Miami on Friday.

From Seattle Times