as in stranded
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water
the beached whale had to be helped back out to sea
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Recent Examples of beached
Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
Hundreds of sea turtles become beached or stranded every year from injury, disease, illness or environmental threats, the zoo says.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
The idea that someone could actually live in the studio — which from the outside looks a bit like a large beached Sausalito houseboat — was clarifying for actor Steven Lee Johnson, who plays audio engineer Charlie in the show.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Despite these efforts, high tide came and went, and the whale remained beached.
—Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
Hundreds of sea turtles become beached or stranded every year from injury, disease, illness or environmental threats, the zoo says.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
The idea that someone could actually live in the studio — which from the outside looks a bit like a large beached Sausalito houseboat — was clarifying for actor Steven Lee Johnson, who plays audio engineer Charlie in the show.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beached
Verb
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The yacht is moored in a wide bay in Raja Ampat, an archipelago of over 600 islands dubbed ‘the last paradise on earth’.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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The boat's seizure comes about a week after the Coast Guard sought the public's help in finding the owner of a sailboat that was moored near Brian and Lynette Hooker's Soulmate sailboat in the Bahamas.—
Adam Sabes , Preston Mizell,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Injuries to integral players have wrecked the roster and some reinforcements Brown signed this winter have not stepped up in their absence.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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My body is wrecked, my lower back is f---ed, but nothing is broken, which feels like a miracle.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Marriages among the landed and propertied involved legally binding settlements drawn up by lawyers (with no obligation to confidentiality).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Elordi plays Heathcliff, the romantic anti-hero who is discovered on the streets before being taken in by a wealthy member of Britain’s landed gentry, only to fall in love with their daughter.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With one out and runners on first and second in the ninth, third baseman Oswald Peraza grounded into a fielder’s choice at second.—
Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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Yes, the vanilla is the focal point, but it’s also grounded with notes of apricot, brown sugar, and jasmine.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
25 May 2026
Verb
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The order stranded them indefinitely, sometimes in life-threatening conditions.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The strait’s closure has stranded tankers and caused energy prices to spike, threatening global economic growth.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Putin’s military parade this month was stripped of its usual ballistic missiles and tank columns, laying bare just how much of Russia’s hardware remains tied up in Ukraine.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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But the twists of their saga, as laid out this week in a federal indictment, are closer to a horror story – with pistol-whipping, lives threatened and people tied up in their own homes.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Over Your Dead Body follows a married couple whose relationship is beyond shipwrecked.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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In 1543 several Portuguese were shipwrecked on the island of Tanega, off southern Kyushu.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Beached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beached. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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