sand dunes
Example Sentences
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Moving rapidly through dense pine forests, the blaze spread to the Cap-Ferret peninsula, a popular tourist destination on the Atlantic coast long favoured by wealthy French families and known for sand dunes and oyster shacks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Located further north along the coast, its broad flat sand dunes inspired a new level of abstraction in his work, and set the stage for the final seascapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
The research, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, focuses on ancient sand dunes located in Gale Crater, an area explored by NASA's Curiosity rover.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
They had lain undiscovered beneath sand dunes but were exposed when they were scoured away by strong winds and high tides.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
To the person who expects every desert to be barren sand dunes, the Sonoran must come as a surprise.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
