driftwood

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There were other beautiful sculptures made from driftwood by James Doran-Wood.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“The Housemaid” stumbles, and it doesn’t help that Sweeney spends much of the film meandering throughout its narrative like a piece of driftwood that keeps washing back onto the shore.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

Soldiers and police had helped clear the debris and driftwood.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

Joel Kawahara of Quilcene, Wash., suggests Ruby Beach, which is a rugged patch of rocky shoreline, often full of driftwood, in Olympic National Park.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

I could tell the river was receding from its rainy-season flood by its peculiar rank smell and all the driftwood stranded along its banks.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver