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beach

[beech] / bitʃ /


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The beach closure in Santa Cruz County comes weeks after a deadly E. coli outbreak in San Luis Obispo County, three hours south.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

My estimate is closer to $200,000, which includes $45,000 for travel, $18,000 for dining and entertainment, and the rest for the beach.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

About 3,400 of the tiny plants have been rescued from an area of eroded beach at Culbin Sands, an area of dunes and forest near Findhorn, and moved to a safe location nearby.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

You can drag it to the bath, the pool or a sandy beach without dread.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Now Selkie was flopping up the beach to greet them.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

“Some of these impacts may be moderate to significant beach erosion and shallow flooding of normal dry beaches and walkways.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Eighteen beaches in Kent have been closed after "significant deposits of oil" were found along the coastline.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

But many individuals, couples and families will be sidestepping that dining-room exercise and instead heading to the hills, forests, deserts and beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

A coastal flood advisory is in effect until noon Tuesday for Los Angeles County beaches, including off the shores of Malibu and Catalina, with an anticipated elevated surf of 4 to 6 feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Then Gram opens her present from me, which is a bracelet made of shells from beaches around the world, and she right away puts it on and says it's just what she wanted.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick

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

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

The other two beached in La Jolla and Huntington Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

Henry swings a violent U-turn that takes down a little crepe myrtle tree on the island between lanes, and we’re beached there, spinning our wheels, kicking up leaves and pink flowers.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

A humpback whale rescued after beaching itself in Germany has been found dead near a Danish island.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

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

A pod of nearly 100 pilot whales displayed unusual behavior before beaching themselves in Australia.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

She could feel the dream shallowing, like a sleek ship beaching on a shoal.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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