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
Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Officers at the residence then saw two males run out of the rear door, leading to a foot pursuit on the nearby beach, according to police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 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
His wife, Estefania McDonald Rodriguez, frequently documented their luxurious trip on social media, showing them beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris, sunbathing on beaches, holding two parrots, and even seated before Rome’s famed Trevi Fountain.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Officers at the residence then saw two males run out of the rear door, leading to a foot pursuit on the nearby beach, according to police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 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
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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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Major roadways, including the I-10 in Louisiana and Florida, were shut down and thousands of flights were grounded due to the storm.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
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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Polk’s body was found floating in Salonica Bay; he had been tied up and shot in the back of the head.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs defeated the Bills 32-29 in a game that was tied up in the fourth quarter.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
27 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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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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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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Amazon has rapidly built up its own logistics empire since a 2013 holiday fiasco left its packages stranded in the hands of outside carriers.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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That leaves the ever-talented Gladstone seemingly stranded in a screenplay that fails to give her enough of a character — a cardinal sin from which the movie never recovers.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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