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beaching

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verb

present participle of beach

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaching
Verb
  • Capricorn’s grounding energy supports turning your reflections into practical insights.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • For grounding and emotional stability Smoky quartz is a grounding powerhouse that perfectly complements Capricorn’s earthy nature, offering equal amounts of protection and emotional stability.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This prequel flashes back to a previous Christmas in Los Angeles, when their unintentional destruction of a Santa Claus parade balloon put the city on edge, wrecking the gang's plans for a massive Yuletide bank robbery.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The vocalist’s sole concerns related to the natural environment, the animal kingdom and humankind’s responsibility for wrecking our only home.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • With the exception of 1980’s Drama – a giddy experiment in proggy new wave – the band’s remaining LPs to date sound like the remains of a shipwreck: a futile attempt to salvage bits and pieces from the old days.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Grant approval alone can take more than a year, long enough to grow a beard like one of Ernest Shackleton’s shipwreck survivors.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Beaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaching. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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