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Referring to the fact that many chips are made of silicon, which is essentially sand, he added "we've essentially found a way to make sand think. It's miraculous."

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

She collects material from other places, too, like dirt from her daughter’s preschool yard or sand from local beaches — anything elemental that “will really alchemize and change form in the kiln.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Hundreds of firefighters have over the past few days been battling blazes in the southwest of France famous for its sand dunes, pine trees, and oyster shacks.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

On Friday, authorities ordered the evacuation of 40,000 of people from Cap Ferret, a peninsula in southwestern France that draws wealthy vacationers to its white sand beaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Nim whispered as Chica pushed sand back into the hole, rocking her heavy body back and forth till the sand was thumped hard and smooth.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

Plenty have adopted a new mind-set, holding society's goals more loosely, and learning to thrive on shifting sands.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Those trucks are starting to require regular maintenance, meaning Canada’s product support growth should exceed oil sands production growth of greater than 2%-4%, Goldman says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

The car, known as Babs, set a world record on the sands of Pendine 100 years ago with Welsh racing driver JG Parry-Thomas behind the wheel.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

The boy’s first real lesson in the shifting sands comes when, at dinner, he remarks that the war will soon be over, intending it as good news — Dad could come home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Whenever she was really scared or freaking out, the same thing always happened: she began to dissociate, reality loosening around her like a hammock deconstructing itself, spilling her out into sands of nothingness.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

That appeal could strengthen if Texas embeds tax restrictions in its constitution and guarantees that corporate investments won’t be sanded down by policy changes years later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

In the rare event Moore does make a mistake — like the time he sanded through the veneer on a coffee table — “we have the capabilities to repair it after,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

Its throwing arm, currently at 12 o’clock, weighs 360 pounds and is not hewn or sanded; knots are visible in the wood.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

It looked to me like somebody had cut the black Mary’s picture from a book, glued it onto a sanded piece of wood about two inches across, and varnished it.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

The pad of my left foot felt as if I’d stepped on a sanding belt.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

The UK has been attempting to "act as a bridge between the US and Europe, trying to preserve Nato, sanding down the edges of the Trump administration, but it hasn't quite worked", says Bergmann.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

And they have assisted 3M in coming up with a sanding disc that optimizes dust collection and grinding performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

Made with real Muscat grape juice, these gummies feature a jelly-like center and are coated in a decent amount of sour sanding.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2025

Beto stood in the darkened kitchen and traced the edge of the real casket, the one that was right and tight and smooth from sanding.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez