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beach

[beech] / bitʃ /


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From our apartment, I could reach five coffee shops, more nail salons than any person could reasonably need, clothing stores, restaurants and the beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Don’t miss: ‘I’d rather be on a beach in Bali’: My husband resents my $8 million net worth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

At an inquest, senior coroner Penelope Schofield said the women faced adverse sea conditions when they entered the water off Brighton beach and could not swim.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Forecasters also expect strong rip currents and dangerous waves, which increase the risk of drowning for people swimming at the beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

“I am lying on the beach, licking an icicle pop and feeling the sunshine on my nose,” said Duane.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The peninsula is home to dozens of protected coves, which are ideal for swimming, and 67 Blue Flag beaches, a designation that is considered the gold standard for water quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The silica-poor mineral forsterite, meanwhile, can be seen as green sand grains on certain beaches in Hawaii.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Scientists predict that the plastic pellets will continue to wash up on North East beaches as the clean up continues.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The state’s coastlines have been inundated with high surf for much of the summer, leading to severe erosion at some of the state’s most popular beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In Florida, people traveled to Cape Canaveral itself and lined both its beaches gleaming with sand and its asphalt-topped roadways, trying to catch a glimpse of the spaceship.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Grizzly bears are — were — omnivores, not picky eaters, and also lazy ones, noshing on berries, roots, acorns, beached whale carcasses and any laggardly young elk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

What’s more depressing is that a research biologist interviewed by KING-TV, Seattle’s NBC affiliate, stated that the beached whales people have encountered likely represent only a quarter to a fifth of the total death toll.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

At the toe of the bluff, the geotubes stretched out like a beached Leviathan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Vonk and his team ensure the country is ready for extreme scenarios: a drought meaning all inland shipping is beached or a devastating storm surge.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

It sits there like a beached ocean liner, the prow cutting through swells of green turf, windows without number.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

A humpback whale that underwent a rescue operation in Germany two weeks ago after beaching itself there has been found dead near a Danish island, officials said Saturday.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

A spokesperson from the National Weather Service in Monterey attributed high tides for beaching the bomb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

A pod of nearly 100 pilot whales displayed unusual behavior before beaching themselves in Australia.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

Once the whales began beaching themselves on the shore, wildlife authorities launched an emergency response effort in a bid to save them.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2023

She could feel the dream shallowing, like a sleek ship beaching on a shoal.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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