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ashore

[uh-shawr, uh-shohr] / əˈʃɔr, əˈʃoʊr /
ADVERB
toward, onto land from water
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About six to eight hours after coming ashore, the seals' heart rates surged, sometimes climbing as high as 84 beats per minute.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Then they’ll bring the astronauts back ashore as the Murtha slowly returns to San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

He added that parts of a damaged life raft, an barrel of lubricants and footwear had washed ashore, and officials were trying to establish if they were from the sunk Dena.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Now, “it remains to be seen when surplus barrels finally move ashore in the Atlantic Basin,” the Paris-based agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The ship wandered from island to island—there were about eighteen in all—and Darwin ventured ashore, scrambling through the pumice, collecting birds, plants, and lizards.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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