sand
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In Rehoboth Beach, Del., Beach patrol captain Jeff Giles said the shades were simply taking up too much space on the town’s relatively narrow swaths of sand.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
If you’re lucky enough to own an oceanfront house in Wrightsville Beach, you’ll look out on the sand, the water and—starting this weekend—an endless stretch of blue and turquoise fabric.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
The teenager claimed that her boyfriend had gone up alone to the sand dune where the trio were, but Turley was not there initially.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
She used a mallet to pound a metal tube into the rocky sand.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
I open the pamphlet to the first page, which features a crowd of people dancing on the golden sand, right by the fountain I woke up in.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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