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Exploring the dunes at night, Raul saw many scorpions searching for prey but as temperatures rose after sunrise, the scorpion dug into the sand to escape the intense heat.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Beaches typically go through a seasonal cycle with powerful winter waves dragging sand out to sea and more mild summer waves depositing the sand back onshore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

“We can either stick our head in the sand and hope that there are no pullbacks,” Lynch said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

But these soldiers, in Shaab-al-Jinn in Lahj governorate, showed us new sandbagged defences - new lines in the sand.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Walking slowly on the cold night sand, she turned off the flashlight and waited.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

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

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

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

Limbs began to form from the spinning sands, which were becoming more and more humanlike in form.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

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

“I think it was from an old packing crate. I polished it and sanded it. I was going to find more pieces and glue them together.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

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

My understanding was that it completed a person, sanding down the rough provincial edges and transforming you into a citizen of the world.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris