ashore
Example Sentences
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Everyone hates regulation—until a plane crashes or an oil slick washes ashore.
From Barron's
The Pentagon later said it would take up to 60 days to complete and need about 1,000 troops to build - none of whom would go ashore.
From BBC
There will not be any U.S. forces on the ground in Israel, Ryder said, adding that details about who will be taking the supplies ashore from the causeway are still being worked out.
From Seattle Times
No wreckage or bodies have ever been found except for some fragments that washed ashore on the eastern African coast and Indian Ocean islands.
From Seattle Times
Several more pieces of debris were later found washed ashore on the east coast of Africa.
From Seattle Times
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