as in shore
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water
she loves walking along the beach, looking for shells that the waves cast up
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Recent Examples of beach
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
On April 22, the TV personality, 53, hit the beach in Malibu , Calif., in a neon green bikini, showing off her muscular physique and ripped abs.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
The animals are part of a pod of 157 whales that beached near Arthur River, a township on the northern part of the West Coast of the island of Tasmania, the Marine Conservation Program reported Tuesday.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
At the very end, however, #Jelly’s romantic fantasy is interrupted by a certain intruder: Christopher Briney’s Conrad, who shows up at the brothers’ beach house and delivers the only spoken line in the entire trailer.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
On April 22, the TV personality, 53, hit the beach in Malibu , Calif., in a neon green bikini, showing off her muscular physique and ripped abs.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
In addition to the pools and beach at the resort there is an AYANA private beach at an island a short boat ride away.
—Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
The animals are part of a pod of 157 whales that beached near Arthur River, a township on the northern part of the West Coast of the island of Tasmania, the Marine Conservation Program reported Tuesday.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beach
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So, what keeps this young group grounded as the pressure mounts?—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Hayden Scott grounded out to shortstop and Gaeckle struck out Ben Royo and Terrence Kiehl to end the inning.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sawai's Mariko serves as a critical interpreter between the powerful Lord Yoshii Toranaga and an Englishman shipwrecked in Japan, John Blackthorne.—
Kimmy Yam,
NBC News,
6 Jan. 2025
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But also remember: This is a woman who has pretty much rolled with it when attacked by big game and shipwrecked in the middle of the ocean.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Only after the worst mass extinction of all time, as Earth’s ecosystems struggled to recover from intense global warming spurred by volcanoes, did reptiles began to live by the shoreline and become ever more at home in the water.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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However, rising water levels are expected to carry debris that was once on the shoreline out into open waters.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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While much of that cost is tied up in the battery, prices have improved as components have come down in price.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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The order to dismantle IMLS and other agencies is tied up in a lawsuit backed by a coalition of state attorneys general, including Connecticut’s William Tong.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2025
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The cops also seized his cellphone and tore apart his home of two years, wrecking his recording setup in the process.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
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As many little heartbeats as possible, just running around, wrecking stuff in the house.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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American military veteran hijacks plane in Belize, officials say The airplane, which had only 14 passengers on board, had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, a popular tourist destination off the coast.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Off the coast of Sicily, Italy, a scuba diver scanned the seafloor for anything that looked man-made or generally just interesting.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Sens were docked a future first-round pick during the 2023-24 season.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Ten of those ships departed from, or docked in, Florida or both.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2025
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Other West Coast marine mammal stranding facilities -- which rescue and rehabilitate marine animals -- have reported seeing the same.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Mets stranded two in the sixth, but didn’t miss in the seventh.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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