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"He was suffering. He said to me, 'my back itches' and when I rubbed his back, his skin was coming off like sand," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Sheriff officials said prior to becoming a public beach, that stretch of sand was used as a training facility for the United States military.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Along the boundary with China, Kim's government has erected fences and installed cameras as well as strips of sand that preserve the footprints of anyone who crosses.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Currently, the 10-year Treasury yield is floating at 5.2% and sitting just below an area of technical resistance at 5.25% that dates back to July 2007, which could be a delicate line in the sand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

He raced along the sand, arms out, head up, looking beautiful with his fine light hair.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

“The demonstration of today’s announcement is Canada’s working,” Carney said at a news conference in Fort McMurray, in the heart of Alberta’s vast Athabasca oil sands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Unlike the scrolls from Herculaneum, those documents survived because they were buried in Egypt's dry sands.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 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

The volcanic texture turned into soft sands and sifted away, revealing a smooth oval egg.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

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

They formed a little procession, Rachel and Judith supporting the invalid at each elbow, and Kit following behind to hold up the trailing ends of the quilt from the sanded floor.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

However, due to the failed sanding systems and low wheel-rail adhesion, the speed "was such that the deceleration required to slow the train for the loop could not be sustained".

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

The top of the dresser needed serious rehab: scrubbing, sanding and repainting to create a shiny finish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 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

Papa emerged from the bathroom, where he was sanding down the walls in preparation for a new coat of paint.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser