sand
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There is a difference between burying your head in the sand and periodically reminding ourselves that the world can be beautiful and good.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
"Rest assured, our beautiful sand tigers, Ushaka and Mandela, can still be seen in our Atlantic Ocean habitat."
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
They can typically be found from March to June in flower-rich coastal grassland and sand dune habitat, and are most active on warm, sunny days.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The hatchlings will be placed on the sand, where they will crawl to the sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
It has dark, almost black, rocky sand, and it can’t be more than a block long.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Unlike the scrolls from Herculaneum, those documents survived because they were buried in Egypt's dry sands.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
But those constantly shifting sands may make culture even more important.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
After all, the sands of our emotional and financial landscapes keep shifting, not always in sync.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Nazca Lines are a group of geoglyphs etched into the desert sands that date back to between 500 BC and 500 AD.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
“And you will never, as long as you walk the sands of time”—when she got really mad, for some reason she got poetic—“endanger your life again! Do you understand me, boy? Never again! You hear?”
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
The trio sanded the edges of Colleton’s original whimsy, borrowed some of the moderation discipline from the tables and gave the project a name: American Dialogues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Who they are is sanded down, flattened, and made into a caricature.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 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
How often do you take walks with a loved one? — those things got sanded down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
After we sanded, sprayed on the white primer coat, and let it dry, the morning had passed without us noticing.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
The pad of my left foot felt as if I’d stepped on a sanding belt.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 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
Wednesday's report revealed the driver was supposed to check the sanding system, but was unable to do so because the train was parked next to a platform.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
I stop sanding and look over at her.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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