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aground

[uh-ground] / əˈgraʊnd /


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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

Spurs have been run aground from top to bottom.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 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

She co-founded a school for orphans, preserved and sold Hamilton’s papers, and commissioned a biographical project that kept running aground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“Have you run our boat aground in search of yer favorite fish?”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt




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