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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Tourists wash ashore with the many private and public boats that come and go, but few venture beyond the harborfront.
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Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
After the waves wash ashore and leave nothing but a blank canvas of sand glistening under the moonlight.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
According to The Nantucket Current, this is the first sperm whale to wash ashore on the island since 2002.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
Another possibility is that hominins living on the coast of mainland Southeast Asia could have been swept out to sea by a tsunami, and some of them could have been lucky enough to survive the misadventure and wash ashore someplace like Sulawesi, Flores, or Luzon (RIP to any others).
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
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Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
After the waves wash ashore and leave nothing but a blank canvas of sand glistening under the moonlight.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
According to The Nantucket Current, this is the first sperm whale to wash ashore on the island since 2002.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
Another possibility is that hominins living on the coast of mainland Southeast Asia could have been swept out to sea by a tsunami, and some of them could have been lucky enough to survive the misadventure and wash ashore someplace like Sulawesi, Flores, or Luzon (RIP to any others).
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Wash ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wash%20ashore. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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