sandy

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The cave, an underwater system which extends for hundreds of meters through multiple chambers and internal passages, begins with a first large, bright cavern with a sandy bottom.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Coarse, sandy material sat above finer, silty sediment.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

"You've got sandy dunes, you've got muddy coasts, you've got reedbeds, you've got dry heath, you've got all this farmland as well," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Images posted by construction workers on social media show the bed of a huge lake laid with sandy soil and giant concrete structures at its edges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

They grunted with the weight of the currach as they went along the sandy path, but I didn’t waste time watching them.

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