"he tried to pick up the strands of his former life" "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"
"a string of beads" "a strand of pearls"
"the travellers were marooned"
"the storm grounded the ship"
A cove where curraghs were drawn up on the strand.
The..wool..comes in three strands which can be easily separated.
The water went down too quickly and one of them was stranded.
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