1.   I even chided my children for opposing my novel idea to move Thanksgiving to a picnic table on the beach this year.

2.   It was the first drowning at a city beach this year.

3.   The attacks, some of which have been deadly, have increased fear along beaches this year.

4.   You decide not to make a big trip but just go to the beach this year.

5.   Freitas is the second person to be killed by a shark off the same beach this year.

6.   The U.S. Virgin Islands is expecting a bumper crop of visitors to its beaches this year.

7.   Two towns where drownings occurred last year are extending hours for lifeguards at some beaches this year, saying the moves may be necessary to protect swimmers.

8.   Another virus is being blamed for the hundreds of tonnes of dead pilchards which washed up on Australian beaches this year.