sand
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The hardest part of bunker escape is getting used to playing the sand first, not the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Natural gas is used by glass manufacturers to run their furnaces, which melt sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass into molten glass blobs which are then shaped into bottles.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
However, this move gives us a clear line in the sand to play against on the long side now.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Some cichlids evolved into predators, while others specialized in feeding on algae, sifting sand, or consuming plankton.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
Daniel scuttled off in a blur, so fast even Zeke couldn’t see him move between the split-second little stops he did across the sand.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
