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
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
When the oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground 30 years ago, some of south Wales' best-known beaches turned black.
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
Suddenly, the Golden Glen loomed up out of the darkness like a ship that had run aground.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
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