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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The rules are designed to prevent incidents like the near-disaster involving the Viking Sky in 2019, when the ship lost all engine power during a storm and came perilously close to running aground with 1,373 people aboard.
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David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
While out sailing just before the Zaida’s first official patrol, Arnall had tried to cut a corner around a channel buoy and ended up running the boat aground.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
The president asked outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer to try to set up a new government, but talks on potential three-way and two-way coalitions without the far right ran aground over how to get Austria’s budget in shape and also revive the economy.
—Philipp Jenne and Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
In March 2021, for instance, the Ever Given, a container ship operated by the Evergreen line, ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for six days.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
While out sailing just before the Zaida’s first official patrol, Arnall had tried to cut a corner around a channel buoy and ended up running the boat aground.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
The president asked outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer to try to set up a new government, but talks on potential three-way and two-way coalitions without the far right ran aground over how to get Austria’s budget in shape and also revive the economy.
—Philipp Jenne and Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
In March 2021, for instance, the Ever Given, a container ship operated by the Evergreen line, ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for six days.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Aground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aground. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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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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