aground
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Then she wrote a pilot for a different series with Olivia Colman, but it too ran aground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
What’s Next: As late as last month lawmakers seemed poised to move forward with the bill, however the Senate’s version of it ran aground.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
He was senior operations manager for the the UK's Marine Pollution Control Unit and one of the first people to step on board the Sea Empress after it ran aground.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
It is thought that the wreck is most likely the Fame from Hoorn, an armed Dutch merchant ship that ran aground and sank in 1631.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Under that keel lay the vast deeps of the sea, yet they were aground.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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