wash up
Example Sentences
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This Irish stoker with a wild temper washes up on the barge where Anna is now living with her father.
From Los Angeles Times
HM Coastguard said five containers had washed up around Selsey, West Sussex, on Sunday, while others had been spotted offshore, with a coastguard helicopter and fixed wing aircraft carrying out searches.
From BBC
It was now cheaper to boil a full kettle than it was to fill a washing up bowl with warm water, according to residents in Woodall and Hamilton House, in Bloxwich, Walsall.
From BBC
What appeared to be tentacles washed up on an Aberdeenshire beach are the remains of a deep-sea creature called a seven-arm octopus, say experts.
From BBC
His Croydon store, with a colourful Christmas aisle, is bustling on a weekend visit with queues for the tills as shoppers stock up on mouthwash, washing up liquid, sweets and batteries.
From BBC
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