sandy
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This time it was a demonstration by the state's emergency rescue service -- addressing the risks of drowning as Ukrainians take to sandy city beaches to cool off from surging temperatures.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Wrinkle structures are small ridges and depressions that can form when microbial communities grow into mats across sandy sediment.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Tourists have been drawn to Hel's sandy beaches, ancient architecture and seal sanctuary.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Beach-house owners are trading seaside clichés—white drywall, breezy blues, sandy neutrals, etc.—for bold interiors with darker tones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
I recognize the sandy mess of hair and round glasses.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
In the drier, sandier areas of the western Kalahari Desert and Namibia, Khoisan speakers remained the dominant group until more recent times.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Mr McCann says this huge number was necessary because "the same crop can look very different if it was planted in, say, sandier soil compared to soil that gets lots of rain and sun".
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2023
Muscovado sugar is similar to brown sugar but with a much stronger flavor and a damper, sandier texture...
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2022
Or the wines of the Marne Valley, where the sandier soils have their own softer expression.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2019
The country seemed to be much the same as that through which we had travelled, perhaps a little flatter and sandier.
From The Voyage of the Rattletrap by Wilder, H. M.
You reverse what you tried for going up and aim for the sandiest places in order to glissade down.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2014
The road was the sandiest and least traveled that he experienced.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2014
My home track is Rosebud, one of the sandiest tracks in Australia.�Your mag and web site is really great so keep up the good work!
From Time Magazine Archive
He smacked the ground face-first in the world’s sandiest belly flop.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
The sight of this man was like the finding of an oasis at the point where the desert is sandiest, deadliest, most unbearable.
From The Masquerader by Thurston, Katherine Cecil
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