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Discover LudwigThe phrase "aground in" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a ship or vessel that is stuck on the bottom of a body of water, often due to shallow water or a sandbank.
Example: "The ship ran aground in the shallow waters near the coast, causing a delay in its journey."
Alternatives: "stranded in" or "stuck in".
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Screech - run aground in shallows.
The crew decided to run the ship aground in the Rockaways.
Since May, about 60 vessels have run aground in the lower Mississippi.
Twenty years ago this morning, a ship called the Golden Venture ran aground in Queens.
The winner was the Ford Valdez, after the Exxon tanker that ran aground in Alaska.
ALESSANDRA GRASSO, a passenger on the cruise ship that ran aground in a fatal accident off Italy.
However, exploratory talks to form an alliance between the CDA, PvdA and the SP ran aground in December.
When the Torrey Canyon ran aground, in 1967, the response team dumped an industrial detergent called BP1002 into the slick.
Early in 1941, a freighter, the S.S. Politician, ran aground in the sandy shallows between South Uist and Eriskay.
But the effort may run aground in the larger tax overhaul that Congress and President Obama are pursuing.
Talk story about an oil spill from the British ship Vitta which recently ran aground in the East River.
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