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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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Drawn by tax incentives, many wealthy foreigners have relocated to Puerto Rico, impacting locals’ access to housing and public beaches.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Jan. 2025
Reuters, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Horsetail Fall offers consistency in capturing natural wonder that beaches or even the Grand Canyon, sometimes hampered by fog, cannot deliver, Dunn said.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Additionally, by 2040, up to 42 percent of beaches may have salinity issues in their drinking water.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Drawn by tax incentives, many wealthy foreigners have relocated to Puerto Rico, impacting locals’ access to housing and public beaches.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
Environmental officials were working on Thursday to prevent oil leaking from a Chinese cargo ship beached against rocks on Taiwan’s northern coast after losing power in turbulent weather.
—Reuters, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Horsetail Fall offers consistency in capturing natural wonder that beaches or even the Grand Canyon, sometimes hampered by fog, cannot deliver, Dunn said.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Chris Harvey, a CAL FIRE spokesperson, warned on Sunday that firefighting aircraft may need to be grounded because of high winds.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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In this kitchen, lower cabinets and a full wall of built-ins are painted a deep, moody shade of sage that grounds the space and makes the natural wood elements stand out.Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 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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His new film concerns a robot (voiced by Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o) who gets shipwrecked on an island inhabited by woodland creatures.Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024
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And a stabilized shoreline gives structure for plant life like mangroves and marsh grass to grow.Kathryn Varn, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lipscomb hugged the western shoreline, heading south, and noted the large homes, in Grand View-on-Hudson, of some clients from his previous job as a boatyard manager.Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Because more than 70 percent of Chinese household wealth is tied up in the property market, steep drops in the value of housing hurt not only developers but nearly all Chinese citizens.Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The soldiers, who had surrendered during a battle, were reportedly tied up, led in front of Russian positions in the small town of Neskuchne, and shot in the back of the head.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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For so long, the Steelers needed Watt to put on his cape and wreck a game to steal a win against a top-tier opponent.Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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The new proposal would allow homeowners to down trees with trunks smaller than 18 inches in diameter, anything wrecked by a hurricane or during hurricane cleanup, anything considered diseased or damaged and anything non-native — a massive expansion of current policy.Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Chania, on the northwest coast, is a microcosm of its rich history, with evidence of the Romans, the Byzantines, the Venetians, the Ottomans, and the Egyptians—every culture and civilization that touched Crete over time.Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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One tsunami wave measuring about 8 inches reached some coasts and ports at about 10 p.m., authorities said.Anthony Trotter, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy was docked the same $14,069, Pelissero reported, for his touchdown celebration against the Steelers.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025
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For example, the labs could be at the local bathymetric pressure for analyzing samples in their natural environment, but alongside those a 1-atmosphere chamber could be set up where submersibles could dock and visitors could observe the habitat without needing to equalize with the local pressure.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
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Car wrecks abound At least 600 motorists were stranded in Missouri over the weekend, authorities said.Patrick Whittle and Brian Witte, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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This change in weather has reportedly led to the Chiefs team being stranded.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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