Examples of 'runs aground' in a sentence
Meaning of "runs aground"
runs aground - This phrase is commonly used in nautical contexts to describe a ship or boat hitting the ground or becoming stuck in shallow water. It can also be used metaphorically to indicate a situation where a plan or project encounters a major obstacle or difficulty
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- third-person singular simple present indicative form of run aground
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runs aground
The raft runs aground on a remote island.
Crew rescued as car transporter runs aground.
The ship runs aground on a tropical island.
Get notified before your budget runs aground.
Crane barge runs aground on beach.
The boat nears the submarine but runs aground.
Ferry runs aground at canal.
We better stop him before the boat runs aground.
A vessel runs aground if its crew has a false perception of the seabed.
The whale runs aground.
Italians launch rescue bid after cruise liner runs aground.
Large cargo ship runs aground near Ardnamurchan.
Imagine we are somewhere in Alaska and an oil tanker runs aground.
In case she runs aground.
Imagine we are somewhere in Alaska and a huge oil tanker runs aground.
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Supertanker runs aground.
Boat runs aground in Morro Jable.
A prison ship on its way to a remote island prison runs aground on rocks and sinks.
Abortion boat runs aground on the way to Ecuador.
Honey Bear rejoins the group after the steamer runs aground.
The ship eventually runs aground and the cargo hold reveals a group of Chinese illegal immigrants.
The toboggan of a Boeing runs aground in a garden.
When a ship runs aground due to spatial distortions … it becomes an easy target.
Ghost ship with no one on board runs aground on Myanmar coast.
The opposite is also true, development without conservation soon runs aground.
Dance party cruise ship runs aground in The Bahamas.
Let us look at a real-life example of where this model runs aground.
British cargo ship Sudbury Hill runs aground off Bermuda but is refloated undamaged.
Robert Coverte comes back from India by foot after his ship runs aground near Surat.
The boat runs aground on Mount Nimush.
In attempting to travel up the Waihou the ship runs aground causing some damage.
The Toledo Pact runs aground until the next Legislature.
Hoseason offers terms to end the fighting, but the ship runs aground.
Another German submarine runs aground in Norwegian waters.
They win the bet when Watson 's boat runs aground.
Free French destroyer La Cordeliere runs aground in Scotland and sustains some minor damage.
It runs aground on a sandbank. Before Herzog can get the ship back to camp.
The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
Gather round - lmagine we are somewhere in Alaska and a huge oil tanker runs aground.
Jean Laborde 's ship runs aground north of Fort Dauphin during a cyclone.
Shortly before midnight, the Chancellor runs aground on a reef.
An oil tanker runs aground in the " Basin " sea.
Gather round. Imagine we're somewhere in Alaska and an oil tanker runs aground.
Naval operations, French submarine Turquoise runs aground while returning through the Dardanelles and is captured.
Chemical actions, Dissolve ( washing-up liquid ) The oil tanker runs aground.
September - The Brampton runs aground on leaving the Bay of Islands.
Bond and Domino jump overboard, the boat runs aground and explodes.
The UK cargo ship Darton runs aground off Gedser, Denmark, but is refloated.
February - the cargo ship SS Politician runs aground on Eriskay.
Mysterious ‘ Ghost Ship ' runs aground off Myanmar coast.
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Ran aground in that storm last year
I hope they run aground and drown
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