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After sitting on the rocks for a little, Hurtado eventually grabbed a 4-foot-long piece of driftwood and struck the sea lion twice, prosecutors said.
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Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
Since then, technology has improved, and more recent estimates place the age of the driftwood around the 56,000 mark.
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2025
The trailer ends with a look, from a distance, at a man floating along on a piece of driftwood.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Her parents turned, expecting a seashell or maybe a piece of driftwood.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
Since then, technology has improved, and more recent estimates place the age of the driftwood around the 56,000 mark.
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2025
The trailer ends with a look, from a distance, at a man floating along on a piece of driftwood.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Her parents turned, expecting a seashell or maybe a piece of driftwood.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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“Driftwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driftwood. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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driftwood
noun
drift·wood
ˈdrift-ˌwu̇d 
: wood drifted or floated by water
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