beach
noun
an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
Example Sentences
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The Bluebottle drone, manufactured in Sydney, is named after a small jellyfish with a painful sting that washes ashore on Australian beaches.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
And now, the six year old lab joins her owner on the beaches to sniff it out.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Over the last few weeks, California’s coastline has been battered by repeated high-surf events that have eroded beaches and damaged infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Today the islands are home to fewer than 50,000 people and are best known for beaches, diving and some World War II battlefields.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
They were a wild lot, chasing about over those fog-hidden hills and beaches.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
