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
Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 July 2025
The yacht was beached on Flagler Monument Island in Miami Beach, and while passengers were swimming, Alvarez started the engines and accelerated them in reverse, catching a passenger in the propellers and killing him.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Fittingly, White would later send her to Italy to film a cameo in the season 2 White Lotus premiere alongside fellow contestant Angelina Keeley on the beach.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
His last video, a 11-second clip, was shot on the same Long Branch beach just a few hours before his death.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 July 2025
The yacht was beached on Flagler Monument Island in Miami Beach, and while passengers were swimming, Alvarez started the engines and accelerated them in reverse, catching a passenger in the propellers and killing him.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
Verb
In 1999, Miami city commissioners established the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust to oversee the beach’s development.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Fittingly, White would later send her to Italy to film a cameo in the season 2 White Lotus premiere alongside fellow contestant Angelina Keeley on the beach.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beach
Verb
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Including them in newsletters and leadership updates keeps the work grounded and relevant.—
Aaron Edgell,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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And Machado grounded out in the fifth after Arraez’s two-out double.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Younger fans have lived through an era when, season by season, one by one, the most valuable player to come out of the academy had to be flogged to stop the club from being financially shipwrecked.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Epic story of perseverance and hope follows a 16-year-old boy who is shipwrecked in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and survives on a lifeboat with four companions: a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Ohio is home to over a dozen islands and scenic shorelines on Lake Erie, with many of them accessible by ferry or airplane.—
Alex Perry,
The Enquirer,
15 Aug. 2025
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Covering 2,530 surface acres, Lake Moomaw features 43 miles of undeveloped shoreline, which means there are plenty of places to find your own little slice of secluded heaven all up and down the lake.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Our university is looking at those colors, because even some of those auxiliary funds are tied up with debt service and things like that.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Aug. 2025
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Kincaid was also consulted on Texas’ current congressional map that’s been tied up in court since taking effect four years ago.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The chief said the suspect wrecked the vehicle before taking a Volkswagen from a car dealership.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Houses and sections of a port have been wrecked or swept out to sea.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Regarding Erin, beachgoers along the U.S. coast from South Florida to Virginia are being warned of life-threatening rip currents this week as Erin passes to the east.—
David Schutz,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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Life-threatening surf and rip currents are expected along U.S. east coast beaches beginning Monday and lasting most of next week.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The game runs better when docked or at least connected to a power source such as an external battery.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
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As reported on Tuesday, they were docked near the Bering Sea, which borders Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The boat, which was stranded for months on Lake Michigan, sold at auction for just $2,500 — much less than Milwaukee County hoped for.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The news comes after Wilmore was stranded in space for almost 300 days after embarking on a crew mission to test the Boeing Starliner spacecraft alongside Suni Williams in June 2024.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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