as in shore
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water
she loves walking along the beach, looking for shells that the waves cast up
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Recent Examples of beach
Sharisse Tracey, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
The victim, later identified as Douglas Craig Shapiro, was found on the beach below a steep cliff, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
The other two beached in La Jolla and Huntington Beach.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Heading to the beaches, parks, museums, and cultural events was always a part of our lives.
—Sharisse Tracey, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
The victim, later identified as Douglas Craig Shapiro, was found on the beach below a steep cliff, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
After the second restart, the Safety Car came out for the third time with Hülkenberg having beached himself in the gravel trap.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
The other two beached in La Jolla and Huntington Beach.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beach
Verb
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Hundreds of flights were grounded on Friday at airports across Ireland and Britain.—
Claire Moses,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Happy Birthday for Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025: You are grounded.—
Georgia Nicols,
The Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2025
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Unlike Daniel Defoe’s hero, who was shipwrecked and fervently hoped to be rescued, Mr. Morandi chose his life of solitude.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Directed by Chris Sanders, The Wild Robot stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o as Roz, a robot that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must adapt to the harsh surroundings.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2025
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The arm, one of a series of the woman’s body parts scattered around the region, was found May 11 on the city’s Lake Michigan shoreline.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Stroll the uncrowded shoreline and the adjacent park.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Dean and his wife, D.J., were at home when a masked intruder broke in and forced Roger Dean to tie up his wife, according to previous reporting.—
Katie Langford,
The Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2025
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However, keeping your main phone tied up with the remote can be inconvenient.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Related Articles Asking Eric: The newcomer wrecked our group’s vibe.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Palace would have to weigh up the risk of wrecking that relationship.—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton made landfall on the west coast of Florida, causing some $25 billion in economic losses.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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See it Researchers off the coast of western Australia observed a new behavior in whale sharks, the largest fish in the world, during a research expedition.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In 2023, Amsterdam passed a proposal to prevent cruise ships from docking in the city center to avoid overcrowding, The New York Times reported.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 Jan. 2025
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Smaller cruise lines that regularly dock in Nice or anchor in the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer including Sea Cloud Cruises, Windstar, and Atlas Ocean Voyages remain unaffected.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2025
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Last April, 174 people were stranded for up to 23 hours when a pod on a cable car line in southern Turkey hit a pole and burst open for unknown reasons, killing one and injuring seven.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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Dakota Fanning takes the lead as Mina, who becomes stranded in an Irish forest where the supernatural and psychological collide.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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