wash ashore
idiom
: to bring (something) onto the shore by waves
A lot of debris was washed ashore during the storm.
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Read Next California Hundreds of thousands of tiny sea creatures wash ashore in California.
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Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Pink Sand Beach is an apt name for the three-mile stretch that gets its signature hue from the microscopic coral insects that wash ashore.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2024
The marine mammals get sick, are stillborn or even wash ashore after being fatally struck by a boat.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
The rats’ bodies — thousands and thousands of them — then wash ashore.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
The animals found so far have been a mix of males and females, including both adults and juveniles, and the total so far is likely low because not all animals that die at sea will wash ashore to be spotted by surveyors.
—Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
In the 1980s and 1990s, the Northeast would see just one dead whale wash ashore, Robert DiGiovanni, the director of the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
Since then, a doctor there and another in Medenine, have examined bodies that wash ashore in Zarzis.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
Park officials for Brazoria County said that a cleanup effort was underway but thousands more fish were expected to wash ashore.
—Chris Cameron, New York Times, 11 June 2023
Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Pink Sand Beach is an apt name for the three-mile stretch that gets its signature hue from the microscopic coral insects that wash ashore.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2024
The marine mammals get sick, are stillborn or even wash ashore after being fatally struck by a boat.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
The rats’ bodies — thousands and thousands of them — then wash ashore.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
The animals found so far have been a mix of males and females, including both adults and juveniles, and the total so far is likely low because not all animals that die at sea will wash ashore to be spotted by surveyors.
—Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
In the 1980s and 1990s, the Northeast would see just one dead whale wash ashore, Robert DiGiovanni, the director of the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
Since then, a doctor there and another in Medenine, have examined bodies that wash ashore in Zarzis.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
Park officials for Brazoria County said that a cleanup effort was underway but thousands more fish were expected to wash ashore.
—Chris Cameron, New York Times, 11 June 2023
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