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beach

[beech] / bitʃ /


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Taylor recalled practising harmonies with May and Mercury in the caves at Chapel Porth beach in St Agnes.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

In January 2025, Dream Team Surf hosted a Pride beach party with a banner that read: “Trans bodies belong on the beach.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

“I still don’t know which,” he said, setting out to clear the seaweed and tamp down the sand at the world’s only cricket club to play all its home matches on the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Bettina Trump's Instagram post was accompanied by 20 photos including one of the newlywed couple on a beach, and others of President Trump's other children Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

He waited for it to beach itself, and then he dropped anchor and stepped onto the island.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Authorities in Perth's Joondalup area, where Sorrento is located, said all beaches were closed "as a precautionary measure" and would remain so until at least midday on Sunday.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Officers struggled to contain crowds of people jostling to secure a place at the site after weeks of living on the beaches.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

In some San Diego area beaches, Guidera says, queer representation can still feel like an anomaly.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Also in June, a woman was mauled by a shark at one of Australia's most popular beaches in Sydney.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Plus, I read that the beaches in Maryland don’t even have very big waves.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

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

The image of the beached horse first lodged in Nolan’s mind over 20 years ago when he was in the running to direct a movie based on another Homeric epic, “The Iliad.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 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

A minke whale has beached and died at Portstewart Strand in County Londonderry.

From BBC May 26, 2025

Janice Avery had given him nothing but trouble, and now he was feeling responsible for her—like one of the Burkes’ timber wolves or beached whales.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson

A humpback whale rescued after beaching itself in Germany has been found dead near a Danish island.

From BBC May 16, 2026

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

These beaching events confront us with a little-understood but essential facet of marine ecology — and may become more common as the oceans warm.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2024

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

From New York Times Jul. 28, 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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