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dune

[doon, dyoon] / dun, dyun /


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From the overlook, the road reads as a line dividing two expressions of the same dune system.

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

"There are now four known species of trapdoor spiders in California that live exclusively in coastal dune habitats," said corresponding author Emma Jochim, a doctoral student in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

The shifting sand dune system along that stretch of coast north of Aberdeen was regarded as one of the finest examples of its kind in the UK.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

I would’ve broken my back if I hadn’t crashed into the soft sand of a dune.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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