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
However, the Senate’s version of the bill ran aground after lawmakers planned to include the yield ban.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 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
The vessel ran aground near Inverbervie Beach at about 11:15 on Saturday.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
The captain gave him a quizzical look and answered that the ship would most certainly hit something—would run aground or into a reef.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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