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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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beach

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verb

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Recent Examples of beach
Noun
Three men were able to return the shark, which was stuck on a sandbank, to deeper water, saving it from being beached, near the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia on Tuesday, April 29, according to ABC News. Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 1 May 2025 The boat, which was beached on the sand, apparently had a hole in its hull and sank halfway, Willems said. Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 17 May 2025
Verb
In Scotland, Matt Damon sneaks a workout in while on a break from filming The Odyssey, while Kylie and Kendall Jenner hit the beach in France. Grace Harrington, People.com, 4 July 2025 High bacteria levels also prompted closures at three Michigan beaches at Camp Ohiyesa, Eagle Lake Road, and Orchard Lake Country Club. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for beach
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beach
Verb
  • Would grounding every traveler be an absolute climate win?
    Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • In the middle of a tour rewriting the rules of genre and Black Southern identity, this intimate celebration grounded the spectacle in something more intimate: a toast among kin, at home, with history watching.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The 18th-century vessels were shipwrecked in 1710, and archaeologists only recently discovered that the ships – long believed to be pirate ships – were used to transport slaves.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
  • Historical sources had recorded that two Danish slave vessels were shipwrecked off the coast of Central America in 1710: The Fridericus Quartus was set on fire, while the anchor rope of the Christianus Quintus was cut and the ship was swept away.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Living shorelines are a type of green infrastructure technique, using native vegetation and other natural materials to stabilize shorelines against erosion while enhancing biodiversity, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Molly Duerig, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
  • Plastic bag bans and fees could help reduce the number ending up littering shorelines by at least a quarter, according to a new analysis.
    Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Jackson and Sky player Rebecca Allen got tied up going for the loose ball.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
  • Long permitting times increase project costs since money is tied up in resources—land, equipment, and buildings—that are not generating returns.
    Adam A. Millsap, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • The facility had been subject to sabotage and subterfuge by Israel for many years even before these attacks–including a computer virus that wrecked the centrifuges over a decade ago.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 26 June 2025
  • All three spent Wednesday warning that Mamdani would wreck New York.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • That's been his dream since 2001, when Barron's then-tennis partner asked him to invest in a first-of-its-kind project to extract gold and other metals from a hydrothermal vent off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
    Daniel Ackerman, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • This exact scenario happened to my friend off the coast of Dominica.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The four commercial astronauts rocketed into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and their Dragon capsule docked at the space station Thursday to kick off a two-week stay.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
  • The Dragon will dock with the ISS at approximately 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday.
    Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Some vehicles were stranded on the sides of the road, having run out of fuel.
    Alireza Iranmehr, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025
  • That rainfall prompted water to rise in some areas and vehicles became stranded in high water at South Sherman and Southeastern Avenue.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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