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beach

[beech] / bitʃ /


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Book a ride with Cavalos na Areia, whose guided excursions also traverse pine forests and rice fields before arriving at the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

It also confirmed that no sea lettuce has been collected from the beach so far in 2026.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

After lunch, I walked north along the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

It is blamed for making the beach smell and stopping people from going for walks on the sand.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

She had a fish in her mouth, but she swallowed it fast and dived toward the beach.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

Wearing bathing costumes and many carrying children, the tourists were moved to nearby beaches, while about 200 were taken to a ship waiting at sea, officials and public broadcaster ERT said.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

With its golden beaches, whitewashed villages, stunning sunsets and ancient history, it’s no surprise that Greece is an increasingly popular destination for sun-loving tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

A fire service spokesman said the evacuation had to be by sea as the flames were getting close to the beaches.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

People gathered at beaches, parks and attractions across the South East to watch the Moon pass in front of the Sun during a partial solar eclipse.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The isthmus is a medley of mountains, beaches, wet tropical forests, and dry savannas, and is the most ecologically diverse area in Mesoamerica.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

What’s more depressing is that a research biologist interviewed by KING-TV, Seattle’s NBC affiliate, stated that the beached whales people have encountered likely represent only a quarter to a fifth of the total death toll.

From Salon Jul. 22, 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

Their color-coded tale of a traumatized war veteran, his concerned daughter and a beached whale is evocative and unsentimental.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

In the dark, she knelt beside a giant shark that had spilled out of the ocean and beached itself in the sand.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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

“It doesn’t cut a dent in their population,” he said of the beaching phenomenon.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2024

But besides beating seasonal crowds, winter beaching has another leg up on summer: storm watching.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2024

But authorities and researchers, baffled by the behavior, feared that a mass beaching was imminent.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2023

Carefully, we inched the Miss Amanda around the sandbar without beaching her until we were directly above the deep water.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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