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sand

[sand] / sænd /








NOUN
silt
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This unease has given Democrats hope of flipping the governorship, where Lahn will now face off in November against Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

That evening, after a hike to Green Sand Beach, I complete the “Choice Creates Cooperation” deck.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

To the south lie the Bureau of Land Management’s Imperial Sand Dunes, where dune buggies and motorcycles trace arcs across bare slopes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Xeneta’s chief analyst, Peter Sand, said he expects some importers will push for contract rates 10% to 15% lower than last year, but they will face pushback from carriers operating at close to break-even levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Once the skeleton was picked clean, it would begin, often, to float, like seaweed in a quiet tide, shifting this way and that, sometimes surfacing, more often just journeying through the Snow Sand for eternity.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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