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This makes the precise consequences very difficult to predict, but this new wave of inflation from the Gulf will wash up on the shores of the rest of the globe, including here in the UK.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Mr Simpson adds: "We thought something would wash up here."

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

About 62,000 items wash up on the beach each year, much of it from the waterways in and around Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

Scientists are able to study the creatures only when they wash up on a beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

I wash up, then look through my closet for some jeans or something.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake




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