sand pile

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Forbes explains how so many vortices might all unpin at once: “Like dropping sand onto a sand pile — nothing really happens until … you get a whole avalanche.”

From Scientific American • Jul. 18, 2023

A sand pile or wall to hold back the rocks, meanwhile, would have to be 230 feet high to protect Brienz.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2023

The approach, with roots in the 18th century, describes the structure of networks of discrete, interacting parts, be they friends linked on social media or grains in a sand pile.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 11, 2019

For example, assume a dry sand pile has an angle of repose of 30 degrees.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

In the spring Miss May had swings and a sand pile and a few "flying rings" put up for the children to amuse themselves with, but these, of course, were taken down during the winter.

From Sunny Boy and His Playmates by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)