sands

Example Sentences

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Australian miner Iluka Resources is also building a refinery in the country that will initially process stockpiled material from its mineral sands operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 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

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

Most of Canada’s crude oil comes from the oil sands, an unconventional but vast energy source.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

All his life, time had been passing in the only way he knew time to pass: unrushed and unrushable, as sands running through an hourglass grain by grain.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor