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
Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Almost one million tourists visit the remote Pacific Island each year to experience its tropical beaches.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
That Wow Last, but certainly not least, the highlight of any St. George Island stay is time spent on the stunning George Island beaches with their pearly white sand and clear gulf waters.
—Robin Raven, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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The new year could be a great time to take a bucket list trip, or fly to a nice beach somewhere.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Almost one million tourists visit the remote Pacific Island each year to experience its tropical beaches.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, Charles Leclerc got knocked out in Q2, and Sergio Pérez beached his Red Bull in Q1.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
That Wow Last, but certainly not least, the highlight of any St. George Island stay is time spent on the stunning George Island beaches with their pearly white sand and clear gulf waters.
—Robin Raven, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beach
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The legend was himself, a Maui resident who owned 25 acres on the island's Southeastern shore for three decades.Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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The tower is set along the shores of Walt Disney World’s Seven Seas Lagoon and offers great views of the Magic Kingdom.Megan duBois, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Even with the absurdity multiverse stories can lead to, there still needs to be something to ground it, even in a video game.Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
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Joe Raedle | Getty Images American Airlines briefly grounded its U.S. flights Tuesday morning due to a technical problem, snarling travel during what carriers expect to be a period of record demand for the holidays.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Democratic Party, particularly, is prone to shipwrecking on the shoals of unretiring seniors.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Adrian: Adrian is a minor character in The Tempest who is shipwrecked on the island.Kara Nesvig, Parents, 14 Oct. 2024
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Visitors can use an interactive map of the shoreline to track ships and whales in real time.Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Staying here feels like stepping into a Gilded Age beach cottage—water views abound, and trails lead to craggy shorelines ideal for sunsets.Monica Mendal, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Bursts of snow may tie up the interstates in the Northeast on Friday.Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
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This online collection included images of mutilation and tying up women with ropes, two things prosecutors said are consistent with injuries inflicted on Mack and how she was bound, officials said.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Plus, consuming alcohol on the reg can wreck the balance of your microbiome, depleting your numbers of good bacteria and prompting excess growth of the bad guys that can inflame your gut.Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 Dec. 2024
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Plummeting aircraft or debris can kill people; errant munitions can wreck city blocks.Colin Demarest, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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Winter In The Outer Banks Draws The Eyes To The Skies For Incredible Stargazing A string of islands off the coast of North Carolina is the perfect place to escape artificial lights and find the natural ones, including meteor showers, shooting stars, and twinkling constellations.Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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The island is off the northwest coast of Michigan's lower peninsula.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
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This is the fourth flight of the crew Dragon, which will be bring up nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies, dock to the station 41 hours after launch and remain on the station for three weeks.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
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The flight program could potentially even include docking two Starships in orbit to demonstrate propellant transfer, and even an uncrewed demo of the Starship Human Landing System, a lunar variant of Starship, that is to be used for NASA's Artemis 3 mission in mid-2027.Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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