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ashore

adverb as in toward, onto land from water

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Everyone hates regulation—until a plane crashes or an oil slick washes ashore.

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In Orange County, a possible tornado or waterspout moved ashore around 10:15 p.m.

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The Coast Guard plans to move the vessel ashore at high tide.

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The ship washes ashore, coming to a gradual stop on the sand.

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Once ashore, preliminary removal of the concretion that covered most of the artifacts from their centuries-long home on the ocean floor was begun.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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