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Along the boundary with China, Kim's government has erected fences and installed cameras as well as strips of sand that preserve the footprints of anyone who crosses.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Currently, the 10-year Treasury yield is floating at 5.2% and sitting just below an area of technical resistance at 5.25% that dates back to July 2007, which could be a delicate line in the sand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

But the phenomenon also creates wind patterns that cause local sea levels to temporarily rise by six to 12 inches, said Brett Sanders, a University of California at Irvine professor who studies sand movement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

A short beach of gray-white sand led to the cliff edge, which rose, a great face of variegated rock, for fifty feet.

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

Plenty have adopted a new mind-set, holding society's goals more loosely, and learning to thrive on shifting sands.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Activity was up strongly in the oil sands sector of Western Canada following longer-than-anticipated unscheduled maintenance that had tempered growth through the first three months of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

We were flying low over the long sands at Holy Island, and it was beautiful, but the plane kept trying to climb and I was fighting and fighting to keep it down.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

Its throwing arm, currently at 12 o’clock, weighs 360 pounds and is not hewn or sanded; knots are visible in the wood.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 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

After the stain dried, they sanded the chair again to smooth out any raised grain.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

After we sanded, sprayed on the white primer coat, and let it dry, the morning had passed without us noticing.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

It added the review should "specifically consider the competencies relating to making emergency calls and the use of emergency sanding systems".

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

The top of the dresser needed serious rehab: scrubbing, sanding and repainting to create a shiny finish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

That might mean, for instance, sanding, patching and repainting interior doors instead of buying new ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

I soap myself, use the scrub brush and the piece of pumice for sanding off dead skin.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood