sand pile
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Forbes explains how so many vortices might all unpin at once: “Like dropping sand onto a sand pile — nothing really happens until … you get a whole avalanche.”
From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2023
A sand pile or wall to hold back the rocks, meanwhile, would have to be 230 feet high to protect Brienz.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2023
The approach, with roots in the 18th century, describes the structure of networks of discrete, interacting parts, be they friends linked on social media or grains in a sand pile.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 11, 2019
For example, assume a dry sand pile has an angle of repose of 30 degrees.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
And now in the next story, if our fire shovel doesn't go out to play in the sand pile, and get its ears full of dirt, I'll tell you about Uncle Wiggily in an automobile.
From Uncle Wiggily's Adventures by Howard Roger Garis
