Miami Beach

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noun

a city in SE Florida on an island 2½ miles (4 km) across Biscayne Bay from Miami: seaside resort.

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How to use Miami Beach in a sentence

The sudden collapse of a 13-story condo tower on June 24 just north of Miami Beach has left at least 18 people dead and more than 140 people still missing as of Thursday.
‘The Fear Is Very Real.’ The Surfside Collapse Is Renewing Focus on Climate Change Risks|Justin Worland|July 2, 2021|Time
On Monday, the city of Miami Beach announced it had cancelled its Fourth of July fireworks festival out of respect for the victims.
Miami Is Used to Disasters. The Surfside Collapse Felt Different|Vera Bergengruen / Surfside, Florida|June 29, 2021|Time
The early morning building collapse in Surfside, just north of Miami Beach, saw over 50 apartment units in the high-rise block come crashing to the ground.
Miami Dade Mayor: 159 People Missing, Four Dead, After Condo Collapse Disaster|Jamie Ross, Andrew Boryga|June 25, 2021|The Daily Beast
Rescue crews worked through the night, in the rain, to search for dozens of people after a 12-story oceanfront condo tower partially collapsed in Surfside, just north of Miami Beach.
Surfside condo collapse: 4 dead, 159 unaccounted for|Axios|June 25, 2021|Axios

Underneath its foundation, as with Miami Beach, is sand and organic fill —over a plateau of porous limestone — brought in from the bay after the mangroves were deforested.
Before condo collapse, rising seas have long pressured Miami coastal properties|Josh Partlow, Darryl Fears, Jim Morrison, Jon Swaine|June 25, 2021|Washington Post
The whole world is running off to Miami for the Christmas holidays.
The Stacks: Sell the Overcoat, Keep the Dignity|Paul Hemphill|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dinner was a baroque affair, on the beach, a warm breeze gently blowing.
Canada ♥ Cuba Just Got Complicated|Shinan Govani|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was going to have to start hitchhiking to Miami before it got dark.
The Stacks: Sell the Overcoat, Keep the Dignity|Paul Hemphill|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The city protests that a beach is not a suitable place to feed the hungry.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A twinned, imagined narrative of a fictitious Fidel Castro and a Miami exile intent on assassinating him.
Book Bag: Great Books About Cuba|Julia Cooke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The little crowd and the boats on the beach were right under them and no one paid any attention or seemed to be in a hurry.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Going back, found that the lighter loads of wounded already taken off have by no means cleared the beach.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for Miami Beach

Miami Beach

noun

a resort in SE Florida, on an island separated from Miami by Biscayne Bay. Pop: 89 312 (2003 est)

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