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sands

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On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.

Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.

Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.

Therefore, we should—you guessed it—develop the Canadian tar sands and build the Keystone pipeline.

Night, high on her spangled throne, watches the sun dip down behind the Libyan sands.

They had awaited the outcome of the Sands-Chester transaction rather from curiosity than any doubt as to the result.

I was sent here, first off, by my friend Oliver Sands, to negotiate a loan for him—for your benefit.

Sand and gravel are also used for "fill," for engine sands, railroad ballast and glass.

“Ship on the sands, bearing south,” roared Jack Shales at the full pitch of his stentorian voice.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sands, such as: bank, beach, border, coast, riverbank, and sand.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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