sand

In Long Beach, with less than two hours before high tide, workers on the Peninsula raced early Sunday morning to build a sand berm stretching westward from 62nd Place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

It takes an hour for the sand to run through it—the maximum amount of time she now lets herself work, or even think about work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

It takes a bit longer to sink into the cushiness and subconsciously find your balance before you push off again, similar to the extra effort required when walking on sand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Moises Villasenor, 72, said he was "a little worried" as he filled sand bags to protect his small hotel, situated about three blocks from the seafront.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

He shouted as he pounded across the strand toward us, the sand spewing up in great circles.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

The shift “increases the importance of Canada,” the research firm said, where oil sands have high upfront costs but produce at a steady rate for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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 sun still sets quite late in the north of England in August, and Maddie on fabric wings flew low over the long sands of Holy Island and saw seals gathered there.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

Who they are is sanded down, flattened, and made into a caricature.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 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

And I don’t think I truly understood how much they got sanded down in my own life until I worked on this show.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

They formed a little procession, Rachel and Judith supporting the invalid at each elbow, and Kit following behind to hold up the trailing ends of the quilt from the sanded floor.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

However, due to the failed sanding systems and low wheel-rail adhesion, the speed "was such that the deceleration required to slow the train for the loop could not be sustained".

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

The pad of my left foot felt as if I’d stepped on a sanding belt.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

The top of the dresser needed serious rehab: scrubbing, sanding and repainting to create a shiny finish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 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

When we started sanding the wood, it was easy to keep him busy because that was a job he could do.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo