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“The biggest thing is that there is so much water, there’s so much sand that went through this place,” Ghazalian said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

First, the females bury themselves halfway in the sand with only their heads sticking out and lay their eggs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The scheme, alongside others including Nuclear Waste Services and Cumbria Wildlife Trust, will involve surveying the county's sand dune habitats which, like those in the rest of the country, have been historically degraded.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Its suit could be an attempt to throw sand in the gears at OpenAI, company observers say, to slow poaching of Apple staffers, for instance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

The water was shallow enough that her fingers grazed pebbles and sand.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

The shifting sands at Tyrella beach are home to the first CoastSnap photo spot in Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

“Round the decay/Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare/The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

On the sands of Abersoch in Gwynedd, Beach Hut 7 is a timber and corrugated iron cabin, one of only 17 on the right-hand side of the stretch of coast.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Markets are already expecting some asset sales, like borates and mineral sands, as well as some infrastructure deals, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

“But in front of the sands, curved from the rocks at one end to the cliffs at the other, is a maze of rocky reef—a treacherous, sword-sharp, boat-ripping reef.”

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

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

And I don’t think I truly understood how much they got sanded down in my own life until I worked on this show.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

It was the lanyard he’d made, tied to a little ball of beechwood that he’d rounded and sanded carefully.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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

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

“Those seats need redoing, and that trim, and there’s a couple of leaks, and it needs a fair amount of sanding and varnishing.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech