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We docked our boat and went ashore to visit the island.
the seashells that wash ashore after a storm
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Guests who can’t go ashore or on Zodiac tours can still travel aboard the Endurance, taking part in things like ship-board lectures, wildlife watching, dining, and all other services.
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Kristen E. Pope, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Fox, the 55-year-old co-founder of recreational swim group Kelp Krawlers, was far ahead of more than a dozen swimmers returning to Lovers Point beach in Pacific Grove early Sunday afternoon, but never came ashore.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Winds gusting upward of 60 mph have knocked out power to as many as 14,000 San Diego Gas & Electric customers across San Diego County and could become more numerous as the core of a large Pacific storm moves ashore.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
Godfrey opened his first show by diving off a boat and swimming ashore, where his guests, the McGuire Sisters, greeted him.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
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Kristen E. Pope, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Fox, the 55-year-old co-founder of recreational swim group Kelp Krawlers, was far ahead of more than a dozen swimmers returning to Lovers Point beach in Pacific Grove early Sunday afternoon, but never came ashore.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Winds gusting upward of 60 mph have knocked out power to as many as 14,000 San Diego Gas & Electric customers across San Diego County and could become more numerous as the core of a large Pacific storm moves ashore.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
Godfrey opened his first show by diving off a boat and swimming ashore, where his guests, the McGuire Sisters, greeted him.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashore. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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ashore
adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r 
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore
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