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These waves can also carry driftwood logs and other debris.
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Anything that seems to catch her eye, anything droll or strange: for instance, a piece of driftwood resembling a human arm; a child’s sneaker washed clean and pale by the surf; a mollusk shell marked with hundreds of tiny stipples like spines.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Its freshness is spiked with coastal touches of marine and driftwood, while amberwood and white musk give it a second-skin coziness.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 8 Feb. 2025
In the midst of this waits Moonstone Beach, often strewn with driftwood, and Moonstone Beach Drive, which is lined by about a dozen inns and boutique hotels.
Stroll the mile-long Moonstone Beach Boardwalk.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Anything that seems to catch her eye, anything droll or strange: for instance, a piece of driftwood resembling a human arm; a child’s sneaker washed clean and pale by the surf; a mollusk shell marked with hundreds of tiny stipples like spines.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Its freshness is spiked with coastal touches of marine and driftwood, while amberwood and white musk give it a second-skin coziness.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 8 Feb. 2025
In the midst of this waits Moonstone Beach, often strewn with driftwood, and Moonstone Beach Drive, which is lined by about a dozen inns and boutique hotels.
Stroll the mile-long Moonstone Beach Boardwalk.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Driftwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driftwood. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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driftwood
noun
drift·wood
ˈdrift-ˌwu̇d 
: wood drifted or floated by water
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