sand pile
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In his report on the incident, Moir and his co-authors wrote: “Greater awareness by public health and safety officials at beaches, sandboxes, sandpiles, and natural play areas may prevent potentially lethal accidents.”
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2024
The original sandpiles were framed by the walls of the city; later inventors of equipment, like Aldo van Eyck, would use colored pavement or geometric shapes in concrete to give children a territory for invention.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018
The Hull House playground was more elaborate, with sandpiles, swings, building blocks, a giant slide, and ball courts for older children.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018
Some experiments have been done in the lab, as with tiny sandpiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
For this I produced the Metamorphizer—to make not two blades of grass grow where one sprouted before, but whole fields flourish where only rocks and sandpiles lay.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
