wash up
Example Sentences
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“I had to visit each and every one of those and, you know, just kind of wash up the memories.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Because yellow-bellied sea snakes are completely adapted to living in the ocean, they are helpless and virtually unable to move if they wash up on the beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
This makes the sea lions sick, and eventually they could wash up dead.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
But Nordic Denmark is certainly not what's seen as a frontline state - like Italy - where people smugglers' boats frequently wash up along its shores.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
My brother stands still and lets the caterpillars wash up over his feet, down on the other side of him, like a wave.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
