Sentence:  Somehow , the pictures and stories of Soviet T-34 tanks on Cuban <WSD>beaches</WSD> and Russian Mig jet fighters strafing rebel troops has brought home to all of us the stark , blunt truth of what it means to have a Russian military base 90 miles away from home . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake