aground

Example Sentences

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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

Even if the yield provision moves forward, there are significant risks where the Clarity Act runs aground on unrelated issues.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

However, the Senate’s version of the bill ran aground after lawmakers planned to include the yield ban.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 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

He ran aground, got out, turned the canoe around, and paddled back home.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers