wash up
Example Sentences
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He worries that even more detritus will wash up on the beach in the future.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
Detainees were being served food on paper clam-shell to-go boxes, rather than regular trays, a staffer said, because the facility lacked employees to wash up at the end of mealtimes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025
"It was always going to wash up here."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025
About 62,000 items wash up on the beach each year, much of it from the waterways in and around Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025
Grandpop said on top of Grandma telling Dad to wash up.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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