sand
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Then let your daughter play in the sand for a while.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
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
“Thick, warm ash fell and we couldn’t see again. This time there was no wind. It fell densely, like somebody pouring a bag of fine sand over your head.”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
