aground
adverb or adjective
1
: on the ground
planes aloft and aground
2
: on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water
a ship run aground
Examples of aground in a Sentence
the villagers came to stare at the foreign ship that was aground on their beach and at the strangely dressed sailors on board
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That incident, considered among the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, saw 11 million gallons of oil spilled into Alaska’s Prince William Sound after an oil tanker ran aground.
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
In 2022, a Maryland pilot onboard the Ever Forward was distracted by his cellphone and the cargo ship missed a turn in a 50-foot deep channel, running aground in the bay.
—Hayes Gardner, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
In May 2023, another shadow fleet tanker, Canis Power, loaded with Russian oil products lost engine power while passing through the Danish Straits and almost ran aground.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
The 253-foot steel freighter ran aground on a sandbar during the storm.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
In 2022, a Maryland pilot onboard the Ever Forward was distracted by his cellphone and the cargo ship missed a turn in a 50-foot deep channel, running aground in the bay.
—Hayes Gardner, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
In May 2023, another shadow fleet tanker, Canis Power, loaded with Russian oil products lost engine power while passing through the Danish Straits and almost ran aground.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
The 253-foot steel freighter ran aground on a sandbar during the storm.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Aground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aground. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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aground
adverb or adjective
: on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water
the ship ran aground
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