dune
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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
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
Two trails led there, one on each side of a long sand dune.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
At 09:30, a dozen or so migrants emerged from the sand dunes.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The retreat boasts secluded white sand, dunes, a palm-lined lagoon and multiple beaches, several of which Depp named in honor of people close to him, including his children and former partner Vanessa Paradis.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He added restaurants, including the steakhouse Beefbar, as well as a spa, wine tastings with the property’s sommelier, horseback rides along the dunes and bike excursions through rice fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A few hundred yards away, the cockpit window of Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon fills the dunes of Tatooine, then the towers of Coruscant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
We had a long day to kill before entering the dreaded desert, which you may know has the tallest sand dunes in the known world.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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