sand

Example Sentences

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Unlike oil fields, silicon is literally sand on the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the tests, the team dropped marbles into sand that contained scattered pieces of painted gravel representing boulders on Dimorphos.

From Science Daily

The presumption that Dubai is a transient mirage, a Hollywood set built on sand that would unravel once the going gets tough, was no doubt shared in Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal

We run through the day along the edge of the beach, running on the ice itself because the wind has blown all the snow off the beach sand.

From Literature

The collision flung up great mounds and spires and ridges, mixed with sand and rock.

From Literature