sand
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The dancers pile atop one another and let the sand in their hands fall as if they are crumbling sculptures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Where possible, opt to walk on uneven surfaces, such as grass, sand or gravel, instead of pavement.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Shellfish, bread, beer circulate around firepits dug into sand.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
So far, he has recovered just one bottle, but believes many more remain buried beneath the sand surrounding the wreck and he already has plans to recover more when conditions allow.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
There were shrubs clinging to the surface, and birds perched on occasional outcrops—crows, a nest of sand martins, and a flock of four silver-gray hawklike birds Christopher had never seen before.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
“Round the decay/Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare/The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 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
Those trucks are starting to require regular maintenance, meaning Canada’s product support growth should exceed oil sands production growth of greater than 2%-4%, Goldman says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The car, known as Babs, set a world record on the sands of Pendine 100 years ago with Welsh racing driver JG Parry-Thomas behind the wheel.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Then she turned and spoke to the creatures on the sands.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
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
A couple of chairs, one of the tables I sanded and restained, a teapot with a broken handle I glued back together.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
The pad of my left foot felt as if I’d stepped on a sanding belt.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
That might mean, for instance, sanding, patching and repainting interior doors instead of buying new ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
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
While Roy takes care of the heavy machinery, Alfie looks after the sanding and oiling.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
She takes out her laptop and her science notebook and as she gets organized, I start sanding the top of a small side table that has water stains and scratches.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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