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beaching

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verb

present participle of beach

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaching
Noun
  • The stranding took place at Bigbury Beach in South Devon, about 230 miles southwest of London, according to a statement from the Devon Wildlife Trust, a local conservation charity.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The series aims to balance regional specificity with global appeal, tapping into universal questions about belief systems while grounding its narrative in distinctly Asian cultural contexts.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Hutcherson, meanwhile, is a straight-man revelation, his earnest, odd-man-out presence grounding the show’s otherwise manic energy.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • After those rules are broken, the gremlin spawns more of its kind and end up wrecking havoc on Billy’s hometown during Christmas.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Storm preparations Cuba has been struck almost yearly by a major hurricane in recent years, sometimes twice, wrecking the country’s already decrepit infrastructure, damaging crops and destroying thousands of homes in precarious condition.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On Sunday, family members of the crew who perished gathered at Mariners' Church of Detroit to commemorate the shipwreck.
    Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • For most people, though, museums offer a way to learn about the shipwreck—and even feel how cold the ocean was.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Despite Coinbase scuttling its plans to acquire BVNK, stablecoin M&A has been a hot trend in crypto and fintech over the past year.
    Ben Weiss, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Hiding in dark places, scuttling in the daylight, allergic to real, authentic human contact.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Beaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaching. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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