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The Seal Beach nest, located near the Surfside community, was adjacent to an area where sand berms are planned for the coming winter storms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Those conditions—and unusually consistent groundswells from storms off New Zealand—are scouring sand from many beaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Sea turtles have been sighted laying eggs on the sand in Huntington Beach — the first known instance of a sea turtle of any species spontaneously nesting on the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

During a family holiday, she had skidded on some sand while cycling and fell heavily onto the handlebars.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Naravirala dropped to the sand, and he dismounted.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

Canada’s growth in May was for a second straight month led by oil and gas extraction, with increased activity in Alberta’s oil sands industry and in support activities for the energy sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Don’t think about what you’ve left behind,” the alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

When quizzed by the organisers, the miscreants confessed that they had sanded them into a better shape - and were duly disqualified.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

It’s immersive, character-driven and stylish; a spiky, enjoyable piece of filmmaking that is wholly distinctive and hasn’t had all its personality sanded down, the kind of movie you could recommend to anyone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

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

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

Joe Cassini was checking the sanding job on the bridge railing when the first peal of thunder rumbled.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George