sand
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Others carry the earth to a nearby seasonal river, where mostly women crouch in the murky water, washing and sifting mud and sand hoping to detect a tiny trace of the element.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
One member of the Moneyist Facebook Group would draw a line in the sand.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“We’re aware of the sand erosion and the different relics getting exposed down there,” said Newport Beach Lifeguard Battalion Chief Adam Yacenda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Within minutes the crowds thinned, leaving long stretches of sand with barely another beachgoer in sight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
I had just started locing my hair and I made the unwise decision to roll around and get sand all through it.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
On the sands of Abersoch in Gwynedd, Beach Hut 7 is a timber and corrugated iron cabin, one of only 17 on the right-hand side of the stretch of coast.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Markets are already expecting some asset sales, like borates and mineral sands, as well as some infrastructure deals, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Analyst Matthew Hope stays cautious about A$417 million of net debt in the mineral sands business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
The sands of Oceano Dunes — the only state park where visitors are usually allowed to drive on the beach — are unusually quiet right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Yawning, Nathan tossed the cinnamon-colored sands to the side.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
The trio sanded the edges of Colleton’s original whimsy, borrowed some of the moderation discipline from the tables and gave the project a name: American Dialogues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
Tilda Swinton — “The Room Next Door” “Movies often put misanthropes on center stage, but usually the sharp edges of these curmudgeons are sanded down. Not so with Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
She could hear Madame Antoine’s heavy, scraping tread as she walked back and forth on the sanded floor.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
The pad of my left foot felt as if I’d stepped on a sanding belt.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
And they have assisted 3M in coming up with a sanding disc that optimizes dust collection and grinding performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
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
“You can count on everything to change,” she says in between welding and sanding a steel frame in her backyard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
My understanding was that it completed a person, sanding down the rough provincial edges and transforming you into a citizen of the world.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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