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Manganese sticks to the pipes’ rusted interiors as a dark, powderlike substance, it said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2015

In every direction a fine, powderlike sand lay in long undulating ridges.

From The Forbidden Trail by Morrow, Honoré

And as the opening grew larger the fine powderlike sand began to fall into the power deck.

From Stand by for Mars! by Glanzman, Louis

It was gone in one big, powderlike flash, and he was in night again.

From The Hunted Woman by Curwood, James Oliver