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• To have three dead gray whales wash ashore in a week's time is quite unusual.
  — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
• The rats’ bodies — thousands and thousands of them — then wash ashore.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
• Beach towns and cities and hotels have struggled to keep up with the huge amounts of seaweed that wash ashore.
  — Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
• These treasures wash ashore year-round, with Caspersen Beach considered one of the best places to search.
  — Abby Price, Southern Living, 6 July 2026
• Researchers say that the true death toll is likely far larger since most whales struck by ships sink to the bottom of the ocean rather than wash ashore.
  — Popular Science, 29 Sep. 2020
• Tourists wash ashore with the many private and public boats that come and go, but few venture beyond the harborfront.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
• 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
• 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
• The public should not touch, approach or try to collect any of the debris that may wash ashore, Navy officials said.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
• Menhaden that are still alive in that portion of the river may wash ashore dead over the next few days, according to Herron.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• The military noted that during the recovery effort, debris may float and wash ashore far from the crash site.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
• The algae bloom has essentially choked some sea life, producing a foul smell as dead marine animals wash ashore.
  — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2023
• 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
• And because only a small percentage of dead animals wash ashore, the impact is likely worse than the numbers suggest.
  — Danielle Beurteaux, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
• Since then, a doctor there and another in Medenine, have examined bodies that wash ashore in Zarzis.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
• Soon after the crash, debris started to wash ashore, said Garofolo, who walks the neighborhood nearly every day.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
• Researchers have reported seeing hundreds of dead sea lion pups wash ashore, apparently born too early to survive.
  — Heather Knight Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 30 May 2024
• Navedo is also concerned about the chemicals and antibiotics that wash ashore from massive salmon-rearing pens in the Gulf of Ancud.
  — Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
• When the ship is torpedoed by Allied submarines, Saito and Bronson are thrown overboard and wash ashore a deserted island.
  — Sara Merican, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Oil was also continuing to wash ashore in Huntington Beach early Monday.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
• 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
• Fish carcasses that wash ashore produce a lingering stench, what activists describe as a pungent manifestation of the country’s politics.
  — NBC News, 21 Mar. 2022
• Read Next California Hundreds of thousands of tiny sea creatures wash ashore in California.
  — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
• 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
• The Navy warned the public not to touch or collect any debris that may wash ashore and if any debris is found, it should be reported to local authorities or Naval Base Coronado.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
• Although no official release date for it has been confirmed, Riordan thinks Percy Jackson and the Olympians will wash ashore sometime in 2024.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• Suitcases wash ashore In May 2004, authorities were alerted after fishermen spotted a suitcase floating in the Chesapeake Bay.
  — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
• 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