sand
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Her favourite spot is Jazeera beach, where visitors can enjoy the sea before heading to nearby sand dunes.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The 400-year-old brass lock was discovered by metal detectorist Peter Hughes in the sand near Margam in Port Talbot, in 1999.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
There is a difference between burying your head in the sand and periodically reminding ourselves that the world can be beautiful and good.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
Once cameras inside the coolers show that sand above the eggs is beginning to settle — a sign that hatching has started — they’ll be kept in a dark location until evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Nim whispered as Chica pushed sand back into the hole, rocking her heavy body back and forth till the sand was thumped hard and smooth.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
As the sun rises over the Indian Ocean, waves lap onto the golden sands while palm fronds rustle in the cool sea breeze.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
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
The Nazca Lines are a group of geoglyphs etched into the desert sands that date back to between 500 BC and 500 AD.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
The wind blew and dry seedpods scampered down the sands and stopped and then went on again.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
When quizzed by the organisers, the miscreants confessed that they had sanded them into a better shape - and were duly disqualified.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
How often do you take walks with a loved one? — those things got sanded down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
Inside the house, they sanded and polished the scratches out of the furniture.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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
Fifteen years later, the tradesman stood outside Crane’s old spray booth, sanding a $25,000 rosewood bench.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025
Then I get busy sanding off the chipped paint on the door—cha-cha-cha-cha—trying to smooth it down.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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