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Conditions became so hot that gritters had to be deployed to spread sand over the main roads to try and reflect heat and cool the surface.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: The best beach bags include durable, waterproof picks as well as chic options that transition from sand to sidewalk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

It is found only in a narrow strip of sand dunes in southern Africa, where it burrows into the sand.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

It won’t help if you put your head in the sand.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

I’m still not ready to return to the motel, so I go back down to the sand and just sit.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

Those trucks are starting to require regular maintenance, meaning Canada’s product support growth should exceed oil sands production growth of greater than 2%-4%, Goldman says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

The car, known as Babs, set a world record on the sands of Pendine 100 years ago with Welsh racing driver JG Parry-Thomas behind the wheel.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

The boy’s first real lesson in the shifting sands comes when, at dinner, he remarks that the war will soon be over, intending it as good news — Dad could come home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

I stopped and walked slowly over to the hut that perched like a circular living room on the waste of sands.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The edges and angles have been sanded down and polished; tonally, it resembles “Northern Exposure” more than the show it’s adapting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

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

Inside the house, they sanded and polished the scratches out of the furniture.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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

But for millions the latest content catnip is the simple sight of a man sanding wooden floors.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024

Growing up and learning his trade from his father at Eton, he had used simple hand tools—saws, hammers, chisels, wood planes, and sanding blocks.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown