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dune

[doon, dyoon] / dun, djun /


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"Firefighters will carry out combined operations of clearing forest undergrowth and treating the edges of the fire in the dune area," a prefecture official said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

The northern dune tiger beetle is particularly fast moving and can travel at up to 2.5m a second, said Harper.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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

Emojis, Disney characters, cigarettes and more pile up in humorous scenes that include a saber-toothed tiger driving a dune buggy and a pair of corvids fighting over a worm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

As he was about to climb yet another dune, his heart whispered, “Be aware of the place where you are brought to tears. That’s where I am, and that’s where your treasure is.”

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

It said the initiative would focus on landscapes across Cornwall's coastal grasslands, dunes and heathland as well as grazing marshes and sea walls in Kent and the upland fringe landscape of the North Pennines.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

One man was spotted riding his cricket bat like a hobby horse toward the dunes, slapping his backside in the breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The tournament is set to draw up to 75,000 spectators to the links course, set among towering dunes on a rugged stretch of County Clare coastline.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Eighty percent of the bird species in Albania can be found here, across sand dunes, pine forest, and a lagoon that stretches over 16 square miles.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Hey, Jinny,” called Joon, striding down the beach toward her from the dunes, Eevie at her heels.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder


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