dune
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They can typically be found from March to June in flower-rich coastal grassland and sand dune habitat, and are most active on warm, sunny days.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
"Firefighters will carry out combined operations of clearing forest undergrowth and treating the edges of the fire in the dune area," a prefecture official said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
To the south lie the Bureau of Land Management’s Imperial Sand Dunes, where dune buggies and motorcycles trace arcs across bare slopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Emojis, Disney characters, cigarettes and more pile up in humorous scenes that include a saber-toothed tiger driving a dune buggy and a pair of corvids fighting over a worm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
While I wait for instructions from the command center, I continue to rove, gliding over a sand dune that is relatively easy to traverse.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
Thousands of Californians yearn to race over dunes in roaring off-highway vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
The dunes, she adds, remind some visitors of the Sahara.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
One man was spotted riding his cricket bat like a hobby horse toward the dunes, slapping his backside in the breeze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The tournament is set to draw up to 75,000 spectators to the links course, set among towering dunes on a rugged stretch of County Clare coastline.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
He ran away from her, away from the snake, away from the water, farther up and over the dunes.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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